Film
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987· 1h 41m· Comedy
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 three become a surrogate family, with Tora-san as “daddy”.
1987-12-26
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Key Crew
DirectorYoji Yamada
ScreenplayYoji Yamada
ProducerKiyoshi Shimazu
Director of PhotographyTetsuo Takaha
Original Music ComposerNaozumi Yamamoto
EditorIwao Ishii
Full cast & crew (29 cast · 12 crew)
Details
Released1987-12-26
Runtime1h 41m
StatusReleased
StudiosShochiku
LanguagesJapanese
CountriesJapan
Rating8.3/10 · 3 votes
Original languageja
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