Status: Released
Released Date: 1992-12-26
Runtime: 101 mins
Director: Yoji Yamada
Spoken language: 日本語
Genres: Comedy
Original title: Tora-san Makes Excuses
Production Companies:
Production Countries: Japan
Cast
Tora-san Series
It's Tough Being a Man
1969-08-27
Tora-san, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father's house twenty years before but recon
Tora-san's Cherished Mother
1969-11-14
Kuruma Torajiro is discovered looking around Kyoto for someone special to him.
Tora-san, His Tender Love
1970-01-15
Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.
Tora-san's Grand Scheme
1970-02-26
After winning big at the races, Torajiro Kuruma wants to take his aunt and uncle on a trip to Hawaii
Tora-san's Runaway
1970-08-26
After an encounter with a dying yakuza's son and at his sister Sakura's urging, Torajiro attempts to
Tora-san's Shattered Romance
1971-01-15
Torajiro becomes homesick during his travels after watching a television report about his hometown a
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971-04-28
After a quarrel with his mother, Torajiro sets off to find a bride.
Tora-san's Love Call
1971-12-29
Taking a message from Hiroshi's father to heart, Torajiro attempts to give up his wandering ways.
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972-08-05
While Sakura and Hiroshi struggle to save funds to build a house, Torajiro befriends three young wom
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972-12-29
When Tora-san returns to visit his family, he is surprised to find an arrogant professor occupying h
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1973-01-04
On the road again, Torajiro meets a kindred spirit in Lily, a lounge singer.
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973-12-25
Tora-San returns to Shibamata just before his family leaves on a trip for Kyushu. Later, he encount
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974-08-10
After Torajiro's latest attempt to find a bride goes awry, he starts traveling again and runs into U
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974-12-28
After Hiroshi is injured in a workplace accident, Torajiro gives Sakura the money he has saved and l
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
1975-08-19
Tora-san visits Hokkaido and is reunited with Lily. Now divorced, she plans to resume her singing ca
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975-12-27
Tora-san is inspired to pursue an education after a visit to the grave of a woman he met years ago.
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
1976-07-23
Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mits
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976-12-25
When Tora-san's infatuation with his nephew's school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on his
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1977-08-06
Tora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. The man asks Tora to locate his deceased son's
Tora-san Plays Cupid
1977-12-24
Tora-san becomes friends with Toraya's newest tenant, a pachinko-playing electrician that goes by th
Stage-Struck Tora-san
1978-08-05
Tora-san leaves Shibamata once again after an argument with his family and finds himself at an inn w
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978-12-27
After a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect on
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979-08-04
Tora-san helps out a runaway bride.
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979-12-28
Tora-san's opinions about Americans get challenged when another wandering peddler Michael Jordan sto
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1980-08-02
When cabaret singer Lily writes Toraya about her illness, Tora-san rushes to Okinawa to be by her si
Foster Daddy, Tora!
1980-12-27
After a friend and business colleague dies, Tora-san visits the man's daughter, then takes her to To
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
1981-08-08
When his travels bring him to Osaka, Tora-san falls in love with a local geisha. He helps her to tra
Tora-san's Promise
1981-12-28
Tora-san returns to his family's home to attend an elementary school class reunion. After he embarra
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982-08-07
During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Though Tora-san never fully compre
Tora-san, the Expert
1982-12-28
Tora-san gets into an argument with his uncle and sets out on the road again. In Kyushu he meets a y
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983-08-06
Tora-san returns to his family home to learn that his brother-in-law cannot go to Mitsuo's (Tora-san
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983-12-28
Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father.
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984-08-04
In Shibamata, Tokyo, Tora-san's family prepares for a wedding. Meanwhile, the traveling Tora-san mee
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
1984-12-28
Tora-san spends several days at the home of a hard-working salaryman ("salaried worker"), who abrupt
Tora-san, the Go-Between
1985-08-03
In Nagasaki, Tora-san and an acquaintance help an old woman who has fallen and injured herself. She
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985-12-28
Tora-san's family's neighbor, Akemi, who had been married in Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984), run
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986-12-20
During his travels, Tora-san comes across a traditional theater he used to visit, and discovers that
Tora-san Goes North
1987-08-15
When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune)
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987-12-26
A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly tu
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988-12-24
In his travels through Japan, Tora-san meets and falls in love with a female doctor, however he is a
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989-08-05
During his wandering throughout Japan, Tora-san meets a suicidal man. He travels with the man to Vie
Tora-san, My Uncle
1989-12-27
Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo is exchanging letters with Izumi, a former classmate whose parents divorced
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990-12-22
Mitsuo goes to Nagoya to visit Izumi, whose father left Izumi’s sad, bar hostess mother for another
Tora-san Confesses
1991-12-23
When Izumi can't stand seeing her mother flirt with other men, she leaves home. She sends a letter t
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992-12-26
Tora befriends a pretty barbershop owner and runs into Izumi. When Tora twists his ankle, Mitsuo com
Tora-san's Matchmaker
1993-12-25
After failing to find a job, Mitsuo becomes a fisherman on a small island, and develops a crush on a
Tora-san's Easy Advice
1994-12-23
Mitsuo, unhappy in his new job as a shoe salesman, is invited to a festival and is introduced to a f
Tora-san to the Rescue
1995-12-23
Tora-san works hard to bring together his nephew, Mitsuo, and Mitsuo’s girlfriend who is engaged to
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
1997-11-22
Carrying a bag full of samples, Mitsuo makes rounds to shoe stores in remote cities. While staying a
Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
2019-12-27
The 50th film in Tora-san series, using the old footages and newly shot scenes to celebrate the 50th
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Tora-san, the Intellectual
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Tora-san Plays Cupid
1977-12-24
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Stage-Struck Tora-san
1978-08-05
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1980-08-02
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Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1977-08-06
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Tora-san, My Uncle
1989-12-27
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Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978-12-27
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Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979-08-04
Tora-san helps out a runaway bride.
Tora-san Confesses
1991-12-23
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Tora-san Goes North
1987-08-15
When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune)
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986-12-20
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Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987-12-26
A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly tu
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988-12-24
In his travels through Japan, Tora-san meets and falls in love with a female doctor, however he is a
Tora-san Goes to Vienna
1989-08-05
During his wandering throughout Japan, Tora-san meets a suicidal man. He travels with the man to Vie
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990-12-22
Mitsuo goes to Nagoya to visit Izumi, whose father left Izumi’s sad, bar hostess mother for another
Tora-san's Matchmaker
1993-12-25
After failing to find a job, Mitsuo becomes a fisherman on a small island, and develops a crush on a
Tora-san's Easy Advice
1994-12-23
Mitsuo, unhappy in his new job as a shoe salesman, is invited to a festival and is introduced to a f
Tora-san to the Rescue
1995-12-23
Tora-san works hard to bring together his nephew, Mitsuo, and Mitsuo’s girlfriend who is engaged to
Foster Daddy, Tora!
1980-12-27
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