Gajiro Satoh – MRQE

Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro yuuyake koyake

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

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.

Naniwa yuukyôden (V)

Wed, 03 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Osaka Tough Guys stars Kentaro Nakakura and Yoshiyuki Ohmori. It tells the story of two hoods forced to take on paid work when they run out of money for booze, who end up being drawn into the spiderweb of the yakuza. Gaijiro Saito and Sei Hiraizumi co-star. ~ Nathan Southern, Rovi

Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirô ren’ai juku

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In Nagasaki, Tora-san and an acquaintance help an old woman who has fallen and injured herself. She invites them to her home where the three share a night of eating and drinking. The old woman’s health deteriorates and she dies. At her funeral, Tora-san falls in love with the old woman’s daughter, but winds up acting as a go-between for her and a young law student.

Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro haibisukasu no hana

Fri, 05 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

When cabaret singer Lily writes Toraya about her illness, Tora-san rushes to Okinawa to be by her side.

Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kokoro no tabiji

Tue, 30 Sep 2025 04:00:00 +0000

During his wandering throughout Japan, Tora-san meets a suicidal man. He travels with the man to Vienna, but winds up homesick for Japan.

Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shiawase no aoi tori

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

During his travels, Tora-san comes across a traditional theater he used to visit, and discovers that one of his old friends has died. Tora-san and his family help the friend’s daughter, who becomes romantically involved with an aspiring artist.

Otoko wa tsurai yo: Shibamata yori ai wo komete

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Tora-san’s family’s neighbor, Akemi, who had been married in Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984), runs away from her husband, who is only interested in work. Tora-san follows her to Shikinejima, and attempts to bring her back to her home. In doing so he encounters a school-reunion group who are traveling to meet their elementary school teacher, which is a reference to the film Twenty-Four Eyes by Keisuke Kinoshita. Tora-san joins them and falls in love with the teacher.

Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajirô shinjitsu ichiro

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Tora-san spends several days at the home of a hard-working salaryman (“salaried worker”), who abruptly disappears. When the man’s wife asks Tora-san to help find him, he falls in love with her, and secretly hopes the husband will not be found.

Otoko wa tsurai yo: Yogiri ni musebu torajiro

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

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.

Otoko wa tsurai yo: Tabi to onna to Torajirô

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Tora-san returns to his family home to learn that his brother-in-law cannot go to Mitsuo’s (Tora-san’s nephew) athletic event. Tora-san volunteers to take his place, but gets into an argument with his brother-in-law’s boss and returns to the road. He meets a young woman in Niigata who, unbeknownst to him, is a popular enka singer.