Hisao Dazai

AKA: 大宰久夫
2.0721

1923-12-26

Biography

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Cast RolesCast Roles Played = {71}

1993-12-25 8.5

Tora-san's Matchmaker

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, himself falls in love with an at ...
Genre :Comedy

Ryokan Manager

1977-09-30 6.9

The Yellow Handkerchief

A convict, newly released from prison for murder, joins two strangers on a road trip through Hokkaido to visit his ex-wife, whom he hasn't seen in four years, knowing that if she puts a yellow handker ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

President

1973-01-04 8

Tora-san's Forget Me Not

On the road again, Torajiro meets a kindred spirit in Lily, a lounge singer. ...
Genre :Comedy

Pvt. Tokumaru

1965-02-24 6.4

None But the Brave

American and Japanese soldiers, stranded on a tiny Pacific island during World War II, must make a temporary truce and cooperate to survive various tribulations. Told through the eyes of the American ...
Genre :War

1970-12-03 5.3

Delinquent Girl Boss: Tokyo Drifters

After helping a pregnant girl escape from their reform school and facing the resulting punishment, a clique of delinquent girls eventually reunites a year later in Tokyo to face different challenges i ...
Genre :Crime, Action

1970-10-06 0

The Experience

Two boys and two girls become acquainted and fall in love. ...
Genre :

Boss

1974-12-28 7.5

Tora-san's Lullaby

After Hiroshi is injured in a workplace accident, Torajiro gives Sakura the money he has saved and leaves to work as a traveling salesman once again. During his travels, Torajiro meets a father who s ...
Genre :Comedy

Chamberlain (voice)

1979-03-03 6.4

Nutcracker Fantasy

Based off of the novel, "The Nutcracker and the Mouse King" and the ballet, "The Nutcracker", Sanrio shows their take on the classic story in a stop-motion animated film. ...
Genre :Animation, Fantasy, Family

Umetaro

1975-12-27 7.7

Tora-san, the Intellectual

Tora-san is inspired to pursue an education after a visit to the grave of a woman he met years ago. When he returns to Shibamata with the intent to study, he falls for Toraya's new tenant instead. ...
Genre :Comedy

Boss

1976-12-25 8.5

Tora-san's Pure Love

When Tora-san's infatuation with his nephew's school teacher causes family turmoil, he leaves on his travels again. When he returns, he falls in love with the teacher's mother. ...
Genre :Comedy

1977-08-06 8.5

Tora-san Meets His Lordship

Tora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. The man asks Tora to locate his deceased son's wife who resides somewhere in Tokyo. ...
Genre :Comedy

1977-12-24 7.7

Tora-san Plays Cupid

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. ...
Genre :Comedy

President

1992-12-26 8

Tora-san Makes Excuses

Tora befriends a pretty barbershop owner and runs into Izumi. When Tora twists his ankle, Mitsuo comes to care for him and see Izumi. Meanwhile, Izumi must choose between her new job in Tokyo and retu ...
Genre :Comedy

Umetarō

1978-08-05 8

Stage-Struck Tora-san

Tora-san leaves Shibamata once again after an argument with his family and finds himself at an inn where he meets Tomekichi, a young man who looks up to Tora-san. ...
Genre :Comedy

Umetaro

1978-12-27 9

Talk of the Town Tora-san

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. ...
Genre :Comedy

Umetarô Katsura

1969-08-27 8

Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp

Tora-san, an itinerant peddler who is thrown out of his father's house twenty years before but reconnects with his aunt, uncle and sister Sakura. Tora wreaks some havoc in their lives, like getting dr ...
Genre :Comedy

Umetaro

1979-08-04 8.5

Tora-san, the Matchmaker

Tora-san helps out a runaway bride. ...
Genre :Comedy

Gentaro

1970-06-13 0

Charming Men

One day, when Goro (Kiyoshi Atsumi) returns to his poor tenement house from a trip on a deep-sea tuna boat, his neighbor's daughter Haruko (Mitsuko Baisho) also returns from the juvenile classificatio ...
Genre :Comedy

1981-04-26 0

Aoba gakuen monogatari

1981 Japanese film based on the novel by Naoshiro Yoshimoto. ...
Genre :Family

1977-12-19 0

The Skies of Haruo

1977 Japanese film directed by Tengo Yamada. ...
Genre :

1973-07-04 0

Three Little Geisha

A young girl works as a geisha to earn money for travel. ...
Genre :Comedy

Ikutaro Ogawa

1971-05-08 0

Sex Comedy, Quick on the Trigger

Comedy about a car salesman who invents a condom against premature ejaculation. ...
Genre :Comedy

President

1984-12-28 8

Tora-san's Forbidden Love

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 with her, and se ...
Genre :Comedy

1971-01-27 0

Adults Games

The girl students of rival junior high schools stage duels and show a curious interest in sexual pastimes. ...
Genre :

1980-08-02 8

Tora-san's Tropical Fever

When cabaret singer Lily writes Toraya about her illness, Tora-san rushes to Okinawa to be by her side. ...
Genre :Comedy, Family, Drama, Romance

Umetarô Katsura

1969-11-14 6.8

Tora-san's Cherished Mother

Kuruma Torajiro is discovered looking around Kyoto for someone special to him. ...
Genre :Comedy

Umetaro

1970-01-15 7

Tora-san, His Tender Love

Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches. ...
Genre :Comedy

President

1984-08-04 8

Marriage Counselor Tora-san

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 acquain ...
Genre :Comedy

Onodera

1973-11-03 0

Teardrops

A sentimental drama about aspiring artist, Eiji, who rescues a blind girl. His friends Goro and Minoru and the blind girl's sister Kazue are a happy group until Goro steals money from Kazue's purse. G ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy

Shachou

1982-08-07 8

Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san

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 home, Tora-san make ...
Genre :Comedy

Passengers on Nagasaki Main Line

1970-10-24 7.6

Where Spring Comes Late

The story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a miner who suddenly becomes unemployed because the mine he worked in was shut down. He decides to resett ...
Genre :Drama

1976-07-23 9

Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset

Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mitsuo was embarrassed. After a fight with his family, he goes to a bar to drink, then brings home a su ...
Genre :Comedy

1980-12-27 7.5

Foster Daddy, Tora!

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. ...
Genre :Comedy

1973-12-25 8

Tora-san Loves an Artist

Tora-San returns to Shibamata just before his family leaves on a trip for Kyushu. Later, he encounters an old school chum and begins to have feeling for his artist sister. ...
Genre :Comedy

1970-02-26 7.4

Tora-san's Grand Scheme

After winning big at the races, Torajiro Kuruma 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 prett ...
Genre :Comedy

President

1975-08-19 8

Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again

Tora-san visits Hokkaido and is reunited with Lily. Now divorced, she plans to resume her singing career and renews her unusual relationship with Tora-san. ...
Genre :Comedy

1981-12-28 8

Tora-san's Promise

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 Kyushu ...
Genre :Comedy

1982-12-28 8.5

Tora-san, the Expert

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 ...
Genre :Comedy

1981-08-08 8.5

Tora-san's Love in Osaka

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 foil ...
Genre :Comedy

1979-12-28 8

Tora-san's Dream of Spring

Tora-san's opinions about Americans get challenged when another wandering peddler Michael Jordan stops by Shibamata. ...
Genre :Comedy

1970-08-26 7.8

Tora-san's Runaway

After an encounter with a dying yakuza's son and at his sister Sakura's urging, Torajiro attempts to change his vagrant lifestyle and become an honest worker with a steady job. ...
Genre :Comedy

1974-08-10 7.3

Tora-san's Lovesick

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. ...
Genre :Comedy

1989-12-27 8.7

Tora-san, My Uncle

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

Umetaro

1972-12-29 7.6

Tora-san's Dream-Come-True

When Tora-san returns to visit his family, he is surprised to find an arrogant professor occupying his room. The professor and Tora-san become rivals for the affection of Chiyo. ...
Genre :Comedy

1972-08-05 7.5

Tora-san's Dear Old Home

While Sakura and Hiroshi struggle to save funds to build a house, Torajiro befriends three young women on vacation during his travels. ...
Genre :Comedy

Umetaro

1971-12-29 8

Tora-san's Love Call

Taking a message from Hiroshi's father to heart, Torajiro attempts to give up his wandering ways. ...
Genre :Comedy

Umetaro

1971-04-28 7.8

Tora-san, the Good Samaritan

After a quarrel with his mother, Torajiro sets off to find a bride. ...
Genre :Comedy

Umetaro

1971-01-15 7.2

Tora-san's Shattered Romance

Torajiro becomes homesick during his travels after watching a television report about his hometown and meeting a young woman that reminds him of his sister Sakura. Meanwhile, a new tenant moves into ...
Genre :Comedy

President

1983-08-06 8

Tora-san's Song of Love

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 with his ...
Genre :Comedy

President

1983-12-28 8

Tora-san Goes Religious?

Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father. When the local temple priest becomes intoxicated, Tora-san wearing the priest's robe delivers the me ...
Genre :Comedy

President

1985-08-03 6.5

Tora-san, the Go-Between

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 and drinking. The old woman's healt ...
Genre :Comedy

President

1985-12-28 8

Tora-san's Island Encounter

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 at ...
Genre :Comedy

President

1986-12-20 7.5

Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy

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 daughter, who becomes ro ...
Genre :Comedy

President

1987-08-15 8.7

Tora-san Goes North

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 interested. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama

President

1987-12-26 9

Tora-san Plays Daddy

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 th ...
Genre :Comedy

President

1988-12-24 8.5

Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial

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. ...
Genre :Comedy

President

1989-08-05 8

Tora-san Goes to Vienna

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

Dry Cleaning Shop Owner

1968-04-13 7.2

I, the Executioner

Police detectives investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a teenage boy who committed suicide. ...
Genre :Thriller, Horror, Drama, Crime

Bingoya

1967-04-29 6.5

Song of Love

The life in a small village in Shikoku and the love story between two young people. ...
Genre :Comedy

President

1971-07-24 0

Price of Life

Comedy of a phony doctor. ...
Genre :Comedy

1974-04-27 0

Mutsugorō no kekkon-ki

1974 Japanese movie ...
Genre :

Fukutaro

1974-06-01 0

Tokyo do mannaka

Set in the downtown area in the heart of Tokyo, this film depicts the lives of poor but kind-hearted people. ...
Genre :Comedy

Mayor Murakami

1974-05-15 0

Comedy: Love and Justice Among Cheaters

Ex-conman Junpei plots revenge on a corrupt corporation by leading a team of swindlers posing as politicians. A slick crime comedy of cons and payback. ...
Genre :Crime, Comedy

1967-10-26 0

The Stronger Sex

1967 Japanese movie ...
Genre :

Kumaki (Yakuza)

1960-01-27 0

Black Flower Petal

A reformed bartender is blackmailed into aiding a heist by former gang associates, leading to betrayal, violence, and the collapse of his hopes for a new life. ...
Genre :Drama, Crime

Coffee shop owner

1976-02-11 0

Elegy

Based on a novel of the same name by Yasuko Harada. ...
Genre :Romance, Drama

President

1990-12-22 8

Tora-san Takes a Vacation

Mitsuo goes to Nagoya to visit Izumi, whose father left Izumi’s sad, bar hostess mother for another woman, so together they decide to confront him in Oita. Meanwhile, Izumi’s mother befriends Tora-san ...
Genre :Comedy

President

1991-12-23 8

Tora-san Confesses

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 Tora-san. ...
Genre :Comedy, Drama, Family

President

1994-12-23 8

Tora-san's Easy Advice

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 yearly vacation. ...
Genre :Comedy

President

1995-12-23 7.3

Tora-san to the Rescue

Tora-san works hard to bring together his nephew, Mitsuo, and Mitsuo’s girlfriend who is engaged to someone else. ...
Genre :Comedy

President

1997-11-22 8

Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version

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. ...
Genre :Drama, Comedy