Tora-san, Wish You Were Here (2019)

8.0/10 115 min Comedy Drama

Overview

The 50th film in Tora-san series, using the old footages and newly shot scenes to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the series. The adult Mitsuo, Tora-san’s nephew, who runs into Izumi, his first love, whom he had once promised to marry. The familiar faces of Kurumaya Cafe, which Tora-san’s family ran in Shibamata, also return. Catching up with old friends, it is always their dearest memories of Tora-san which everyone shares on such occasions…

Cast

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Tora-san (archive footage)

Chieko Baisho

Sakura Suwa (Torajiro's Sister)

Hidetaka Yoshioka

Mitsuo (Sakura's Son)

Kumiko Goto

Izumi Oikawa (Mitsuo's Lover)

Gin Maeda

Hiroshi (Sakura's Husband)

Chizuru Ikewaki

Mari Natsuki

Reiko (Izumi's Mother)

Ruriko Asaoka

Lily

Jun Miho

Akemi

Gajirō Satō

Gen

Nenji Kobayashi

Isao Hashizume

Hiyori Sakurada

Yuri Suwa

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