Search results for "Yoji Yamada"

Mom Is That You?! (2023)

Mom Is That You?! (2023)

Mom Is That You?! (2023)
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111

Akio Kanzaki’s job as head of human resources is wearing his nerves thinner and thinner. To make matters worse, he’s on the brink of divorce with his wife, and his…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
It’s a Flickering Life (2021)

It’s a Flickering Life (2021)

It’s a Flickering Life (2021)
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125

The story centers on a man who loves movies, having once worked at movie studio in pursuit of his dreams, surrounded by great directors and famous actors. In this tale…

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Genre: Drama
Tora-san Wish You Were Here (2019)

Tora-san Wish You Were Here (2019)

Tora-san Wish You Were Here (2019)
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115

The 50th film in Tora-san series, using the old footages and newly shot scenes to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the series. The adult Mitsuo, Tora-san’s nephew, who runs into…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama
What a Wonderful Family! 3 (2018)

What a Wonderful Family! 3 (2018)

What a Wonderful Family! 3 (2018)
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123

At the Hirata home, three generations of their family live together. A crisis ensues when one afternoon, housewife Fumie falls asleep and wakes up to find a thief has stolen…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama
What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017)

What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017)

What a Wonderful Family! 2 (2017)
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113

Several years after Shuzo settled his wife’s birthday-surprise divorce proposal (What a Wonderful Family, 40th), the Hirata family faces new problems. Ignoring his family’s worry that he is too old…

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Genre: Comedy
Nagasaki: Memories of My Son (2015)

Nagasaki: Memories of My Son (2015)

Nagasaki: Memories of My Son (2015)
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130

Nobuko (Sayuri Yoshinaga) works in Nagasaki, Japan as a midwife. Her son died 3 years earlier from the atomic bomb. On August 9, 1948, her son appears in front of…

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Genre: Drama
Tokyo Family (2013)

Tokyo Family (2013)

Tokyo Family (2013)
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146

An elderly couple journey to Tokyo to visit their grown children, only to find them preoccupied and self-involved.

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Genre: Drama
Kyoto Story (2010)

Kyoto Story (2010)

Kyoto Story (2010)
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90

Kyoko is a university librarian and she also helps her parents with their drycleaning company. She is involved with a childhood friend from the neighborhood, Kota. He is the son…

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Genre: Drama
About Her Brother (2010)

About Her Brother (2010)

About Her Brother (2010)
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126

Ginko’s younger brother Tetsuro, a failed comedian, is the oddball of the family. Embarrassing, loud and plain inappropriate at times causes Ginko to disown him. The two reunite when she…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Love and Honor (2006)

Love and Honor (2006)

Love and Honor (2006)
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121

A look at the relationship between a young blind samurai and his wife, who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband’s honor.

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Genre: Drama, Romance
The Hidden Blade (2004)

The Hidden Blade (2004)

The Hidden Blade (2004)
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132

Set in 19th Century Japan a young samurai who finds himself in love with a farm girl leaves his home to begin a new life. He has to take stock…

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Genre: Drama, Romance
The Twilight Samurai (2002)

The Twilight Samurai (2002)

The Twilight Samurai (2002)
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129

Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of…

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Genre: Drama, Romance
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage (1998)

A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage (1998)

A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage (1998)
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133

A widow who has single-handedly raised her autistic son loses her job and begins attending a technical college to gain new qualifications. She meets others looking for a new start…

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Genre: Drama
Tora-san’s Tropical Fever Special Version (1997)

Tora-san’s Tropical Fever Special Version (1997)

Tora-san’s Tropical Fever Special Version (1997)
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106

Carrying a bag full of samples, Mitsuo makes rounds to shoe stores in remote cities. While staying at budget hotels, his thoughts turn to Tora-san.

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Genre: Comedy, Drama
A Class to Remember II (1996)

A Class to Remember II (1996)

A Class to Remember II (1996)
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122

The story follows the teacher and students of the Ryubetsu Handicapped High School.

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Genre: Drama
Tora-san’s Easy Advice (1994)

Tora-san’s Easy Advice (1994)

Tora-san’s Easy Advice (1994)
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101

Mitsuo, unhappy in his new job as a shoe salesman, is invited to a festival and is introduced to a friend’s sister. Tora-san meanwhile helps an injured housewife on her…

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Genre: Comedy
Tora-san’s Matchmaker (1993)

Tora-san’s Matchmaker (1993)

Tora-san’s Matchmaker (1993)
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104

After failing to find a job, Mitsuo becomes a fisherman on a small island, and develops a crush on a young nurse there. Tora-san, dispatched to bring Mitsuo back home,…

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Genre: Comedy
A Class to Remember (1993)

A Class to Remember (1993)

A Class to Remember (1993)
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128

A cantankerous but loveable high school teacher teaches a night school in a poor neighborhood for adult students on the fringes of Japanese society.

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Genre: Drama
Tora-san Makes Excuses (1992)

Tora-san Makes Excuses (1992)

Tora-san Makes Excuses (1992)
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101

Tora-san Makes Excuses is a 1992 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Kumiko Goto as his love interest or “Madonna”.

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Genre: Comedy
Tora-san Confesses (1991)

Tora-san Confesses (1991)

Tora-san Confesses (1991)
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104

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…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Tora-san My Uncle (1989)

Tora-san My Uncle (1989)

Tora-san My Uncle (1989)
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109

Tora-san’s nephew Mitsuo is exchanging letters with Izumi, a former classmate whose parents divorced and took her out of Tokyo.

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Genre: Comedy
Tora-san Goes to Vienna (1989)

Tora-san Goes to Vienna (1989)

Tora-san Goes to Vienna (1989)
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110

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

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Genre: Comedy
Tora-san’s Salad-Day Memorial (1988)

Tora-san’s Salad-Day Memorial (1988)

Tora-san’s Salad-Day Memorial (1988)
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100

In his travels through Japan, Tora-san meets and falls in love with a female doctor, however he is afraid of committing to a relationship.

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Genre: Comedy
Downtown Heroes (1988)

Downtown Heroes (1988)

Downtown Heroes (1988)
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120

The adventures and tribulations of a group of students during the years following the II World War.

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Genre: Drama
Tora-san Plays Daddy (1987)

Tora-san Plays Daddy (1987)

Tora-san Plays Daddy (1987)
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101

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…

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Genre: Comedy
Tora-san Goes North (1987)

Tora-san Goes North (1987)

Tora-san Goes North (1987)
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107

When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune) in his relationships with his estranged daughter, and a woman in whom he is secretly…

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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Tora-san’s Bluebird Fantasy (1986)

Tora-san’s Bluebird Fantasy (1986)

Tora-san’s Bluebird Fantasy (1986)
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103

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…

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Genre: Comedy
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (1986)

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (1986)

Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (1986)
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135

Director Ogata discovers a new female star in Koharu Tanaka, who works selling candy at a studio theater and she is given a part as a bit player. After the…

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Genre: Drama
Tora-san’s Island Encounter (1985)

Tora-san’s Island Encounter (1985)

Tora-san’s Island Encounter (1985)
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105

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…

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Genre: Comedy
Tora-san the Go-Between (1985)

Tora-san the Go-Between (1985)

Tora-san the Go-Between (1985)
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108

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…

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Genre: Comedy
Tora-san’s Forbidden Love (1984)

Tora-san’s Forbidden Love (1984)

Tora-san’s Forbidden Love (1984)
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107

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…

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Genre: Comedy
Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984)

Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984)

Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984)
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102

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,…

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Genre: Comedy
Tora-san’s Song of Love (1983)

Tora-san’s Song of Love (1983)

Tora-san’s Song of Love (1983)
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101

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…

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Genre: Comedy
Tora-san the Expert (1982)

Tora-san the Expert (1982)

Tora-san the Expert (1982)
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106

Tora-san gets into an argument with his uncle and sets out on the road again. In Kyushu he meets a young woman named Keiko and the shy zoologist Saburō, and…

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Genre: Comedy
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san (1982)

Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san (1982)

Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san (1982)
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110

During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Though Tora-san never fully comprehends his importance, the old man is a Living National Treasure ceramist. At his…

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Genre: Comedy
Tora-san’s Promise (1981)

Tora-san’s Promise (1981)

Tora-san’s Promise (1981)
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101

Tora-san returns to his family’s home to attend an elementary school class reunion. After he embarrasses himself by getting drunk and insulting all his ex-classmates, he resumes his travels. In…

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Foster Daddy Tora! (1980)

Foster Daddy Tora! (1980)

Foster Daddy Tora! (1980)
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97

After a friend and business colleague dies, Tora-san visits the man’s daughter, then takes her to Tokyo so she can study for a night school exam.

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Genre: Comedy
Tora-san’s Tropical Fever (1980)

Tora-san’s Tropical Fever (1980)

Tora-san’s Tropical Fever (1980)
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104

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

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A Distant Cry from Spring (1980)

A Distant Cry from Spring (1980)

A Distant Cry from Spring (1980)
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123

The quiet life of a mother and her young son living on a farm in Hokkaido is changed by the arrival of a man who ignites flames of romance in…

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Genre: Drama
Tora-san’s Dream of Spring (1979)

Tora-san’s Dream of Spring (1979)

Tora-san’s Dream of Spring (1979)
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104

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

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Genre: Comedy