Chishû Ryû

Takahiro Tamura

Toshio Takahara

Shizue Natsukawa

Twenty-Four Eyes

Twenty-Four Eyes (1954)

Yoshio Takayama

Kôji Kaga

Sumiko Mizukubo

Tokiko is an office typist who is more pleased at catching the owner's son attention than he knows. That's because her real boyfriend is Joji, a washed up boxer turned gangster and her employer is a great opportunity to milk him for them both. However, when Kazuko, the innocent sister of Hiroshi, a hopeful new member of the gang, comes to Joji to plead with him to send Hiroshi away, the gangster is warmly affected by her. However, Tokiko is jealous and determined to win Joji back no matter what the cost while Joji has his own decisions to make about his life.—Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)

Dragnet Girl

Dragnet Girl (1933)

Shin Saburi

Kôji Mitsui

Shûji Sano

A father and his son, a son and his father. Horikawa is a widower, a teacher, and a good father to Ryohei, who's about 10. After a tragedy, Horikawa resigns from teaching and takes Ryohei from Tokyo to the town of Ueno, enrolling him in junior high; to the lad's sorrow, he will be a boarder. Horikawa returns to work in Tokyo, their separation is complete. Jump ahead more than ten years: with dad's help, Ryohei has finished college and has a teaching job in Akita. Horikawa considers living with his son, which Ryohei wants, but the elder's notions of duty and hard work preclude it. Ryohei arranges a ten-day vacation with his father. Heartbreak comes quietly, nearly hidden by dignity.—

There Was a Father

There Was a Father (1942)

Werner Herzog

Chris Marker

Yûharu Atsuta

Wim Wenders travels to Japan in search of the Tokyo seen in the films of Yasujirô Ozu. Ozu's own Tokyo Story (1953) is a helpful (but not mandatory) pre-requisite to seeing Tokyo-Ga (1985).—Anonymous

Tokyo-Ga

Tokyo-Ga (1985)

Seiichi Katô

Jun Yokoyama

Tomoko Naniwa

In 1923, in the province of Shinshu, the widow and simple worker of a silk factory Tsune Nonomiya (O-Tsune) decides to send her only son to Tokyo for having a better education. Thirteen years later, she visits her son Ryosuke Nonomiya (Shinichi Himori), and finds that he is a poor and frustrated night-school teacher with a wife, Sugiko (Yoshiko Tsubouchi), and a baby boy.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

The Only Son

The Only Son (1936)

Tatsuya Nakadai

Minoru Chiaki

Keiko Kishi

A tea master and his daughter Ogin are both Christians in feudal Japan. Ogin falls in love with a married feudal prince who shares her faith. When the Shogun bans Christianity, the situation worsens.

Love Under the Crucifix

Love Under the Crucifix (1962)

Chieko Baishô

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Hisashi Igawa

Tora-San, an eccentric and resourceful tramp, is always cheerful. Although he is an orphan, he decides to go back home after a long absence. He thus sees again his sister Sakura Suwa, who has bloomed into a pretty young lady. After a while, Tora-San agrees to go with her to an interview with the family of one of her suitors. But that is without counting Tora-San's terrible clumsiness. His cheeky humor, for instance, is not fully appreciated by the family. The wedding is canceled and Tora-San takes the road again...—Guy Bellinger

Tora-san's Runaway

Tora-san's Runaway (1970)

Machiko Kyô

Eiji Funakoshi

Kuniko Miyake

A film adaptation of the autobiography of Aishinkakura Hiro, who lived a tumultuous life as the consort of Fuketsu, the younger brother of Emperor Puyi of Manchukuo.

Ruten no ôhi

Ruten no ôhi (1960)

Kirin Kiki

Bokuzen Hidari

In an effort to get him to settle down, Tora's family attempts to arrange a marriage for him. Unfortunately, Tora's goodwill backfires once again, and he leaves for a remote hot springs resort where he becomes a handyman and falls for the lovely general manager, Oshizu.

Tora-san, His Tender Love

Tora-san, His Tender Love (1970)

Tsutomu Yamazaki

Eijirô Tôno

Tora-San's Cherished Mother

Tora-San's Cherished Mother (1969)

Shôji Yasui

Kô Mishima

Kinuyo Tanaka

Mokichi is the widower father of three daughters, with whom he has been living on the premises of a temple since the war. All three daughters become involved in varied complicated relationships. The sisters and their attached men are deliberately designed as allegorical figures on the changing social conditions.—Maniac_In_Black

The Moon Has Risen

The Moon Has Risen (1955)

Jun Hamamura

After winning big at the races, Torajiro wants to take his aunt and uncle on a trip to Hawaii to partly pay the great filial debt he feels he owes them, but the plan hits a snag. Also, a pretty kindergarten teacher rents a room at Toraya.

Tora-san's Grand Scheme

Tora-san's Grand Scheme (1970)

Masane Tsukayama

Kimihiro Reizei

When his travels bring him to Osaka, Tora-san falls in love with a local geisha. He helps her to track down her estranged brother, and informs his family that he plans to marry her. His plans are foiled when the geisha informs Tora-san that she is engaged.

Tora-san's Love in Osaka

Tora-san's Love in Osaka (1981)

Tokie Hidari

Tora-san returns from his travels throughout Japan to his family in Tokyo to find his uncle recovering from an illness. After a family fight erupts, he returns to the road swearing he'll never come back. He becomes friends with Tomekichi, a confused and inexperienced young man who thinks highly of Tora-san. When the pair return to Tokyo, they both fall in love with stage dancers.

Stage-struck Tora-san

Stage-struck Tora-san (1978)

Seiji Miyaguchi

After Torajiro's latest attempt to find a bride goes awry, he starts traveling again and runs into Utako (last seen in Tora-san's Dear Old Home), now a widow.

Tora-san's Lovesick

Tora-san's Lovesick (1974)

Ryûnosuke Kuze

Tora-san becomes friends with Toraya's newest tenant, a pachinko-playing electrician that goes by the nickname Watt. Tora attempts to match Watt with a young waitress.

Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro gambare!

Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro gambare! (1977)

Ken Mitsuishi

Tora receives a letter from Lily, telling him that she is terminally ill. He flies to see her in a Okinawa hospital, and the two get a chance to rekindle their old fling.

Tora-san's Tropical Fever

Tora-san's Tropical Fever (1980)

Queen Elizabeth II

Traveling through Hokkaido with a disgruntled salaryman seeking a lost love (Eiji Funakoshi), Tora-san runs into Lily, who has gotten divorced since they last saw each other in Tora-san's Forget Me Not (1973) and is working as an itinerant singer. After a spat in the scenic town of Otaru, they split and meet again in Tora-san's hometown of Shibamata, where they reconcile. With sparks reignited between the pair, will the perpetual bachelor Tora-san finally find a chance at love?

Tora-san's Rise and Fall

Tora-san's Rise and Fall (1975)

Takashi Shimura

After a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect on the mortality of man. His plans are derailed when a beautiful lady starts working at Toraya.

Talk of the Town Tora-san

Talk of the Town Tora-san (1978)

Akira Terao

Tora-san returns to his family home in Shibamata, Tokyo, but quickly leaves again because of quarrels involving a dog called Tora-san. Tora-san makes the acquaintance of a descendant of a local daimy during his journeys in Shikoku. The ancient man asks Tora-san in Tokyo to discover the widow of his son, whom he had alienated before.—patriot

Tora-san Meets His Lordship

Tora-san Meets His Lordship (1977)

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