Tora-san Plays Daddy (1987)
A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly turns up in Shibamata. Searching for the boy’s mother, Tora-san meets a cosmetics saleslady and the three become a surrogate family, with Tora-san as “daddy”.
Director:
Yoji Yamada
Writers:
Yoji Yamada, Yoshitaka Asama.
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Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajiro Kuruma |
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Chieko Baisho as Sakura |
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Kumiko Akiyoshi as Takako |
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Midori Satsuki as Fude |
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Masami Shimojō as Uncle |
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Chieko Misaki as Aunty |
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Gin Maeda as Hiroshi |
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Hisao Dazai as President |
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Gajirō Satō as Genko |
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Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo |
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Issey Ogata as Policeman |
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Takashi Sasano as |
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Hiroshi Jin as |
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Keiroku Seki as |
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Kazuhiko Kasai as |
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Seiji Shinohara as |
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Eiko Hikari as |
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Yoshino Tani as |
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Rumiko Ishikawa as |
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Midori Kawai as |
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Sayoko Makino as |
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Fusako Hashiura as |
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Yuichiro Ito as |
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Toshie Shoji as |
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Jun Miho as Akemi |
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Kei Suma as the Skipper |
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Momoko Kôchi as Kimiko |
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Tatsuo Matsumura as Kikuta |
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Chishū Ryū as the High Priest |
| Directing | Yoji Yamada | Director |
| Sound | Isao Suzuki | Sound Recordist |
| Writing | Yoji Yamada | Screenplay |
| Writing | Yoji Yamada | Original Story |
| Sound | Ryuji Matsumoto | Sound Mixer |
| Art | Mitsuo Degawa | Art Direction |
| Editing | Iwao Ishii | Editor |
| Writing | Yoshitaka Asama | Screenplay |
| Production | Kiyoshi Shimazu | Producer |
| Camera | Tetsuo Takaha | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Yoshifumi Aoki | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Naozumi Yamamoto | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Sôhei Hasegawa | Still Photographer |