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Tora-san's Love in Osaka is a film of genre Comedy directed by Yōji Yamada released in USA on 1 january 1982 with Kiyoshi Atsumi
Tora-san's Love in Osaka (1981)
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Add to a movie listTora-san's Love in Osaka (男はつらいよ 浪花の恋の寅次郎, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Naniwa no Koi no Torajirō) aka Tora's Many-Splintered Love is a 1981 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Keiko Matsuzaka as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san's Love in Osaka is the twenty-seventh entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series. It was the first film in the series in which Hidetaka Yoshioka played the role of Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo Suwa.
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When his travels bring him to Osaka, Tora-san falls in love with a local geisha. He helps her to track down her estranged brother, and informs his family that he plans to marry her. His plans are foiled when the geisha informs Tora-san that she is engaged.Actors
Kiyoshi Atsumi
(Torajirō)
Keiko Matsuzaka
(Fumi Hamada)
Chieko Baishō
(Sakura)
Masami Shimojō
Hidetaka Yoshioka
(Mitsuo)
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