Movielogr
Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984)
Directed by Yôji Yamada
Overview
In Shibamata, Tokyo, Tora-san’s family prepares for a wedding. Meanwhile, the traveling Tora-san meets an old acqaintance in Iwate Province. Tora-san refuses to drink with him, afraid that the acquaintance, now settled and married, will again become attracted to Tora-san’s wandering existence. Tora-san becomes attracted to a female barber, but must break off their relationship so that she too can live a secure life. She instead gets into an abusive relationship with a motorcyclist.
Length 102 minutes
Actors
Chishū Ryū | Takeshi Katô | Tsunehiko Watase | Hidetaka Yoshioka | Hisao Dazai | Kiyoshi Atsumi | Chieko Baishô | Masami Shimojô | Gajiro Satoh | Rie Nakahara | Chieko Misaki | Jun Miho | Kazuhiko Kasai | Gin Maeda | Bsaku Satoh | Nobuo Takagi | Haruko Chichibu | Ryôko Mizuki | Midori Kawai | Yoshino Tani | Akira Hitomi | Kanichi Tani | Taisaku Akino | Tomoko Fumino | Keiroku Seki | Noriyo Murakami | Kana Nakagawa | Sayoko Makino | Takuya Shiba | Yoshio Takeshita | Kazuko Sakamoto