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Tora-san, Wish You Were Here
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is an 2019 Japanese film directed by Yoji Yamada. It is the fiftieth entry in the popular and long-running 'Otoko wa Tsurai yo' series. Shooting began on October 20, 2018 and the film was released on December 27, 2019.
It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajir Kuruma (Tora-san). Atsumi died in 1996 and he appears throughout the film as flashbacks, using footage from his dozens of performances as Tora-san in the previous films. It also stars Chieko Baisho, Gin Maeda, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Kumiko Goto, Mari Natsuki, and Ruriko Asaoka, all recreating their roles from the long running film series.
Cast
* Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajir Kuruma, otherwise known as Tora-san
* Chieko Baisho as Sakura Suwa
* Ruriko Asaoka as Lily
* Hidetaka Yoshioka as Mitsuo Suwa
* Kumiko Goto as Izumi Bruna
* Gin Maeda as Hiroshi Suwa
* Mari Natsuki as Ayako Hara
* Chizuru Ikewaki as Setsuko Takano
* Hiyori Sakurada as Yuri Suwa, Mitsuo's daughter
* Isao Hashizume as Kazuo Oikawa
* Nenji Kobayashi as Kubota, Mitsuo's Father in Law
* Tatekawa Shiraku as Rakugo artist
* Takashi Sasano as Gozen-sama
* Jun Miho as Akemi
* Mari Hamada
* Tetsur Degawa
* Cunning Takeyama
* Gajir Sat
* Masayasu Kitayama
* Hayashiya Tamahei
* Taiki Matsuno
* Miu Tomita
* Sara Kurashima
* Star Tanaka
* Keisuke Kuwata
Bibliography
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