Tora-san Plays Daddy (1987)
Overview
A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly turns up in Shibamata. Searching for the boy’s mother, Tora-san meets a cosmetics saleslady and the three become a surrogate family, with Tora-san as “daddy”.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | ja |
| Popularity | 0.071 |
Directed By
Yoji Yamada
Crew
Yoji Yamada
Naozumi Yamamoto
Yoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama
Isao Suzuki
Yoji Yamada
Tetsuo Takaha
Sôhei Hasegawa
Kiyoshi Shimazu
Ryuji Matsumoto
Mitsuo Degawa
Yoshifumi Aoki
Iwao Ishii
TOP CAST
Kiyoshi Atsumi
Torajiro Kuruma
Chieko Baisho
Sakura
Kumiko Akiyoshi
Takako
Midori Satsuki
Fude
Masami Shimojō
Uncle
Chieko Misaki
Aunty
Gin Maeda
Hiroshi
Hisao Dazai
President
Gajiro Satoh
Genko
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Mitsuo
Issey Ogata
Policeman
Jun Miho
Akemi
Kei Suma
the Skipper
Momoko Kôchi
Kimiko
Tatsuo Matsumura
Kikuta
Chishū Ryū
the High Priest
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