Tora-san Confesses
Released: December 23, 1991Runtime: 104 minLanguage: JA
When Izumi can't stand seeing her mother flirt with other men, she leaves home. She sends a letter to Mitsuo and Mitsuo goes looking for her. But Izumi unexpectedly meets Tora-san.
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1971
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1975
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1977
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1979
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1980
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1981
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1981
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1982
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1982
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1983
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1983
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
1984
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1984
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985
Tora-san, the Go-Between
1985
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1987
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1987
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988
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1989
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1989
Tora-san Takes a Vacation
1990
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Kiyoshi Atsumi
as Torajiro Kuruma
Chieko Baisho
as Sakura Suwa (Torajiro's sister)
Hideko Yoshida
as Seiko
Mari Natsuki
as Reiko (Izumi's mother)
Masami Shimojo
as Tatsuzo (Torajiro's uncle)
Chieko Misaki
as Tsune (Torajiro's aunt)
Gin Maeda
as Hiroshi (Sakura's husband)
Hisao Dazai
as Umetaro (Hiroshi's boss)
Gajiro Sato
as Gen
Chishu Ryu
as Priest
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