Kiyoshi Atsumi

Chieko Baisho

Sachiko Mitsumoto

Chishū Ryū

Takashi Shimura

Shin Morikawa

Gin Maeda

Taisaku Akino

Gajiro Satoh

Keiroku Seki

Tora-san Series

Tora-san, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father's house twenty years before but reconnects with his aunt, uncle and sister Sakura. Tora wreaks some havoc in their lives, like getting drunk and silly at a marriage meeting.

Yoji Yamada

Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp

Azuma Morisaki

Chōchō Miyako

Orie Satō

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Chieko Misaki

Akiko Kazami

Hisao Dazai

Kuruma Torajiro is discovered looking around Kyoto for someone special to him.

Tora-san's Cherished Mother

Akira Miyazaki

Shun'ichi Kobayashi

Michiyo Aratama

Yoshiko Kayama

Kenzō Kawarasaki

Masumi Harukawa

Akiko Nomura

Kirin Kiki

Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.

Tora-san, His Tender Love

Komaki Kurihara

Shunji Sayama

Sachiko Murase

After winning big at the races, Torajiro Kuruma wants to take his aunt and uncle on a trip to Hawaii to partly pay the great filial debt he feels he owes them, but the plan hits a snag.  Also, a pretty kindergarten teacher rents a room at Toraya.

Tora-san's Grand Scheme

Ayako Wakao

Ryûsuke Kita

Kanjiro Osugi

Kimiyo Ôtsuka

Torajiro becomes homesick during his travels after watching a television report about his hometown and meeting a young woman that reminds him of his sister Sakura.  Meanwhile, a new tenant moves into Toraya restaurant.

Tora-san's Shattered Romance

Aiko Nagayama

Hisashi Igawa

Seiji Matsuyama

Tokuko Sugiyama

After an encounter with a dying yakuza's son and at his sister Sakura's urging, Torajiro attempts to change his vagrant lifestyle and become an honest worker with a steady job.

Tora-san's Runaway

Kaoru Yachigusa

Tatsuo Matsumura

Hayato Nakamura

When Tora-san returns to visit his family, he is surprised to find an arrogant professor occupying his room. The professor and Tora-san become rivals for the affection of Chiyo.

Tora-san's Dream-Come-True

Yoshitaka Asama

Ruriko Asaoka

Yoshio Yoshida

Junkichi Orimoto

Sandayuu Dokumamushi

On the road again, Torajiro meets a kindred spirit in Lily, a lounge singer.

Tora-san's Forget Me Not

Yasukiyo Umeno

Takanobu Hozumi

Taking a message from Hiroshi's father to heart, Torajiro attempts to give up his wandering ways.

Tora-san's Love Call

Kunitarô Kawarazaki

Kuniko Ashihara

Tora-San returns to Shibamata just before his family leaves on a trip for Kyushu.  Later, he encounters an old school chum and begins to have feeling for his artist sister.

Tora-san Loves an Artist

Reiko Niimura

Motoko Takahashi

While Sakura and Hiroshi struggle to save funds to build a house, Torajiro befriends three young women on vacation during his travels.

Tora-san's Dear Old Home

Toshie Takada

Fukuko Sayo

After Torajiro's latest attempt to find a bride goes awry, he starts traveling again and runs into Utako (last seen in Tora-san's Dear Old Home), now a widow.

Tora-san's Lovesick

Happou Tsukitei

Tsunehiko Kamijō

After Hiroshi is injured in a workplace accident, Torajiro gives Sakura the money he has saved and leaves to work as a traveling salesman once again.  During his travels, Torajiro meets a father who shares a drink with him.  In the morning, Torajiro is shocked to learn that the man has left his baby behind and a note asking Tora to take care of the child.

Tora-san's Lullaby

Rumi Sakakibara

Kunie Tanaka

Hiroshi Inuzuka

Kosan Yanagiya

After a quarrel with his mother, Torajiro sets off to find a bride.

Tora-san, the Good Samaritan

Masami Shimojō

Kaneko Iwasaki

Tora-san visits Hokkaido and is reunited with Lily. Now divorced, she plans to resume her singing career and renews her unusual relationship with Tora-san.

Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again

TORA-SAN MEETS THE SONGSTRESS AGAIN (#15)

Kiwako Taichi

Senri Sakurai

Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mitsuo was embarrassed.  After a fight with his family, he goes to a bar to drink, then brings home a surly old man with a sad story, whose identity will surprise everyone.  Later, Tora meets Botan, a geisha.

Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset

Fumi Dan

When Tora-san's infatuation with his nephew's school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on his travels again. When he returns, he falls in love with the teacher's mother.

Tora-san's Pure Love

Kazuhiko Kasai

Tora-san is inspired to pursue an education after a visit to the grave of a woman he met years ago.  When he returns to Shibamata with the intent to study, he falls for Toraya's new tenant instead.

Tora-san, the Intellectual

Shiho Fujimura

Shinobu Otake

Tora-san becomes friends with Toraya's newest tenant, a pachinko-playing electrician that goes by the nickname Watt.  Tora attempts to match Watt with a young waitress.

Tora-san Plays Cupid

Nana Kinomi

Tora-san leaves Shibamata once again after an argument with his family and finds himself at an inn where he meets Tomekichi, a young man who looks up to Tora-san.

Stage-Struck Tora-san

Kyôko Maya

Tora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord.  The man asks Tora to locate his deceased son's wife who resides somewhere in Tokyo.

Tora-san Meets His Lordship

Kaori Momoi

Tora-san, the Matchmaker

Reiko Ôhara

After a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect on the mortality of man.  His plans are derailed when a beautiful lady starts working at Toraya.

Talk of the Town Tora-san

Herb Edelman

Tora-san's opinions about Americans get challenged when another wandering peddler Michael Jordan stops by Shibamata.

Tora-san's Dream of Spring

Leonard Schrader

Tomio Kuriyama