Cast & Crew
I
Iwao Ishii
Editor
Y
Yoshitaka Asama
Writer
K
Kiyoshi Shimazu
Executive Producer
T
Tetsuo Takaha
Director of Photography
Movie Details
Original Language:Japanese
Executive Producers:Kiyoshi Shimazu
Production Companies:Shochiku
Tora-san, the Matchmaker on the Web:Official Website
Tora-san Series
Otoko wa Tsurai yo (男はつらいよ, "It's tough being a man") is a Japanese film series starring Kiyoshi Atsumi as "Tora-san" (寅さん), a kind-hearted vagabond who is always unlucky in love. The series itself is often referred to as "Tora-san" by its fans. Spanning 48 installments released between 1969 and 1995, all of the Otoko wa tsurai yo films except episodes 3 (Azuma Morisaki) and 4 (Shun'ichi Kobayashi) were directed by Yōji Yamada, who also wrote (or co-wrote) all the screenplays.
