Tora-san, the Expert

1982 [JAPANESE]

Action / Comedy / Romance

4
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 113 113

Plot summary

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 attempts to play matchmaker between the two when they all return to Tokyo.

Director

Yôji Yamada Photo
Yôji Yamada

Top cast

Yûko Tanaka Photo
Yûko Tanaka as Keiko
Kenji Sawada Photo
Kenji Sawada as Saburô
Hisao Dazai Photo
Hisao Dazai as Shachô
Senri Sakurai Photo
Senri Sakurai as Ferris Wheel Operator
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
975.86 MB
1280*536
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   cn  
23.976 fps
1 hr 46 min
Seeds 1
1.77 GB
1920*804
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us   cn  
23.976 fps
1 hr 46 min
Seeds 6

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by petruska-73006 9 / 10

A cute comedy about love and family

Tora-san (Kiyoshi Atsumi) is unemployed and lives with his sister and her husband, son, aunt, and uncle. After a fight with his family, he travels to a spa with one suitcase and a few coins in his pocket. Here he meets two lovely female travelers and a young man who catches the eye of one of the girls, Keiko (Yuko Tanaka). This young man is Saburo (Kenji Sawada), a shy zookeeper. Saburo's mother, who worked at the spa, has died, so he buries her remains in a nearby cemetery. Tora-san goes back to his family and brings Saburo with him as a guest. Saburo tells everyone that he likes Keiko but doesn't know how to approach her. Meanwhile, Keiko starts a new job in Tokyo. Her parents want to find a husband for her, but she is only thinking about Saburo. Tora-san acts as a matchmaker in the film and tries to bring Keiko and Saburo together. But something happens that rapidly complicates his job - he falls in love with Keiko too! It's a sweet comedy about family and love. What I found most beautiful was that Kenji Sawada and Yuko Tanaka are married in real life. Kenji may have looked older (for example, the cute scene on the hill looked like a teenager meeting a 30 year old virgin, haha), but I would fall for him too. Welp, Kenji Sawada is Kenji Sawada. ;)
Reviewed by Jeremy_Urquhart 7 / 10

One of the better entries where the focus is Tora playing matchmaker.

I liked both the guy he befriended, and the young girl he was trying to set him up with.There were also some really funny moments- Tora "repenting for what he usually does" to the priest, the President still getting excited (to his annoyed employees) about Tora's new potential partners, and Tora describing himself as being nothing but an eating machine that farts if he didn't have love in his life.It was a pretty strong entry, in my opinion, and I was particularly impressed by the way Yamada and the cast can make these characters remain funny and entertaining after 30 (!) entries, now.Also, that opening sequence was pretty nuts, (mostly) in a good way.
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