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1. Old Prison (2012)
60 min | Drama
Umino lives in a constant struggle while trying to find his place in the world. After having wandered from odd jobs to even more odd jobs, he is employed at a very strange hospital, ... See full summary »
Director: Masato Tsujioka | Stars: Aja Kong, Hideki Fujioka, Shûgo Oshinari, Nina Karyû
Votes: 10
2. Otoko wa tsurai yo (1968–1969)
45 min | Comedy
Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Aiko Nagayama, Tokuko Sugiyama, Orie Satô
Votes: 9
3. The Detective Story (1979–1980)
Action, Comedy
A cop from San Francisco sets up as a detective in Japan and takes on cases.
Stars: Yûsaku Matsuda, Mikio Narita, Kaori Takeda, Michihiro Yamanishi
Votes: 36
4. Kigeki: Onna ikitemasu (1971)
Comedy, Drama
Director: Azuma Morisaki | Stars: Hisaya Morishige, Sachiko Hidari, Michiyo Yasuda, Hideko Yoshida
Votes: 7
5. Funny or Spank: Private Eyes for 24 Hours (2015 TV Special)
360 min | Comedy, Reality-TV
Five comedians are faced with a game of no laughing in a science themed building. Laughing earns a punishment of which other comedians appear to deliberately make them laugh.
Stars: Hitoshi Matsumoto, Masatoshi Hamada, Hôsei Tsukitei, Naoki Tanaka
Votes: 18
6. Beach Boys (1997–1998)
46 min | Comedy, Drama
Happy go lucky Hiromi gets kicked out by his girlfriend, and heads for the sea. He meets Kaito, an elite young businessman. The two start work at a B&B run by aging surfer Masaru and his granddaughter Makoto.
Stars: Takashi Sorimachi, Yutaka Takenouchi, Ryôko Hirosue, Izumi Inamori
Votes: 217
7. Funny or Spank: Newspaper Co. For 24 Hours (2008 TV Special)
473 min | Comedy, Reality-TV
Five comedians are faced with a game of no laughing in a journalist themed building. Laughing earns a punishment of which other comedians appear to deliberately make them laugh.
Director: Yûichi Ohtomo | Stars: Masatoshi Hamada, Hitoshi Matsumoto, Shôzô Endô, Hôsei Tsukitei
Votes: 15
8.
The Solitary Gourmet (2012– )
Episode:
Aji Fry Set Meal of Kanaya, Futtsu, Chiba Prefecture
(2017)
40 min | Drama
Goro travels to a remote town on business where he visits the local fish market for lunch.
Director: Kenji Mizoguchi | Stars: Yutaka Matsushige, Tomoki Uekusa, Atsushi Kashiwagi, Masanori Ishii
Votes: 10
9. The Solitary Gourmet (2012– )
30 min | Drama
A solitary businessman travels across Japan, eating at its various establishments and experiencing the various delicacies of Japanese cuisine.
Stars: Yutaka Matsushige, Tomoki Uekusa, Atsushi Kashiwagi, Masayuki Kusumi
Votes: 507
10. Oretachi no kunshô (1975– )
54 min | Drama
Stars: Yûsaku Matsuda, Masatoshi Nakamura, Willie Dorsey, Tamotsu Hayakawa
Votes: 9
11. Daitokai - Tatakai no hibi (1976– )
54 min | Action, Drama
Sergeant Raisuke Kuroiwa (Tetsuya Watari) and the Kuroiwa Force, a special Flying Squad-esque division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police solves crimes and cracks down on their perpetrators.
Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Kaku Takashina, Takehiko Ono, Yûjirô Ishihara
Votes: 10
12. The Emperor's Cook (2015)
54 min | Biography, Drama, History
A young man named Akiyama Tokuzo cannot find his passion for living. One day he tasted meat cutlet for the first time and have been absorbed to learn about Western style cuisine. He set out... See full summary »
Stars: Takeru Satoh, Haru Kuroki, Sei Ashina, Ryû Morioka
Votes: 732
13. Tooi ashita (1979)
95 min | Drama
Director: Tatsumi Kumashiro | Stars: Tomokazu Miura, Ayumi Ishida, Junko Miyashita, Tomisaburô Wakayama
Votes: 32
14.
Beach Boys (1997–1998)
Episode:
Special
(1998)
54 min | Comedy, Drama
Kaito and Hiromi have both ended up on South Mariana Island without realizing that the other is there. Kaito is working catching dolphins to deliver to overseas aquariums. Hiromi stopped ... See full summary »
Director: Rieko Miyamoto | Stars: Takashi Sorimachi, Yutaka Takenouchi, Ryôko Hirosue, Izumi Inamori
Votes: 9
15. Stray Dog (1973)
104 min | Crime, Drama
When his pistol is stolen, police detective Murakami is humiliated, especially when the gun is later implicated in a crime. Working with his superior, Chief Detective Sato, Murakami works ... See full summary »
Director: Azuma Morisaki | Stars: Tetsuya Watari, Shinsuke Ashida, Keiko Matsuzaka, Tarô Shigaki
Votes: 256
16. Keishichô ikimono gakari (2017)
54 min | Comedy
Detective Tomozo Sudo gets taken off the investigation section team after injuring himself in an incident. He gets sent to the window seat for the general affairs division of the police ... See full summary »
Stars: Atsuro Watabe, Kanna Hashimoto, Shôhei Miura, Tomoharu Hasegawa
Votes: 33
17. Supermarket Woman (1996)
127 min | Comedy
Goro's supermarket is not doing well; the rival "Bargains Galore" threatens his business. A chance encounter with Hanako, an energetic woman he knew in grade school, results in big retail and life changes.
Director: Jûzô Itami | Stars: Nobuko Miyamoto, Masahiko Tsugawa, Ryûnosuke Kaneda, Sen Yano
Votes: 901
18. The Woman of S.R.I. (1999– )
55 min | Drama
As criminals become more sophisticated and crimes more complex, the police must turn to speedier and more scientific means of weeding through clues and narrowing down suspects. That's where... See full summary »
Stars: Yasuko Sawaguchi, Takashi Naitô, Satoru Saitô, Mayumi Wakamura
Votes: 23
19. Follow the Girls (1971)
91 min | Comedy, Drama
Director: Azuma Morisaki | Stars: Hisaya Morishige, Meiko Nakamura, Mitsuko Baishô, Mako Midori
Votes: 15
20. Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies (1986)
135 min | Comedy, Drama
This is Japanese melo-dramatist director Yoji Yamada's ode to 1930s film production during the transition from silent film to talkies. With many loose associations we can see the rise of a ... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Kiichi Nakai, Narimi Arimori, Chieko Baishô
Votes: 191
21. Tora-San's Cherished Mother (1969)
93 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Chôchô Miyako, Orie Satô
Votes: 252
22. Tora-san Goes Religious? (1983)
105 min | Comedy
When his travels bring him to Western Japan, Tora-san decides to pay his respects to the late Hyoichiro Suwa, his sister's father-in-law. He gets drunk with the priest at the temple, ... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Kiichi Nakai, Kaoru Sugita
Votes: 95
23. About Her Brother (I) (2010)
126 min | Drama
Ginko seems to be living the good life: She's the respectable owner of a neighborhood drug store in Tokyo, and her daughter Koharu is about to get married to a doctor. However, Koharu's ... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Sayuri Yoshinaga, Tsurube Shôfukutei, Yû Aoi, Ryô Kase
Votes: 850
24. Tora-san's Rise and Fall (1975)
90 min | Comedy
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Masami Shimojô, Gin Maeda
Votes: 129
25. Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset (1976)
109 min | Comedy
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... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Kiwako Taichi, Masami Shimojô
Votes: 117
26. Graveyard of Honor (2002)
Not Rated | 131 min | Action, Crime, Thriller
A barkeeper saves a Yakuza boss' life and thus makes his way up in the organization. However his fear of nothing soon causes problems.
Director: Takashi Miike | Stars: Gorô Kishitani, Ryôsuke Miki, Narimi Arimori, Mikio Ôsawa
Votes: 2,346
27. Tora-san, Our Lovable Tramp (1969)
91 min | Drama, Comedy, Romance
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 drunk and silly at a marriage meeting.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Sachiko Mitsumoto, Chishû Ryû
Votes: 572
28. Tora-san Goes North (1987)
107 min | Comedy, Romance
Tora-san, the näive and romantic peddler, returns once more to his home in Hokkaido where, as usual, he falls in love with a lovely young lady. The girl this time is Rinko Ueno, who has ... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Keiko Takeshita, Masami Shimojô
Votes: 134
29. Tora-san's Tropical Fever (1980)
104 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
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.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Masami Shimojô, Chieko Misaki
Votes: 105
30. Tora-san, the Good Samaritan (1971)
91 min | Comedy
After a quarrel with his mother, Torajiro sets off to find a bride.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Rumi Sakakibara, Sachiko Mitsumoto
Votes: 123
31. Otoko wa tsurai yo: Boku no ojisan (1989)
109 min | Comedy
Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo is exchanging letters with Izumi, a former classmate whose parents divorced and took her out of Tokyo.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Fumi Dan, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Votes: 82
32. Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kurenai no hana (1995)
107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tora-san works hard to bring together his nephew, Mitsuo, and Mitsuo's girlfriend who is engaged to someone else.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Masami Shimojô
Votes: 105
33. Tora-san's Love in Osaka (1981)
104 min | Comedy, Romance
After the usual family fight, Tora leaves Shibamata and falls in love with a geisha from Osaka, who is struggling with her own problems. Tora tries to help her.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Keiko Matsuzaka, Masami Shimojô
Votes: 97
34. Tora-san Takes a Vacation (1990)
106 min | Comedy
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 ... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Mari Natsuki, Hidetaka Yoshioka
Votes: 85
35. Tora-san's Dream of Spring (1979)
104 min | Comedy, Romance
Tora-san's opinions about Americans get challenged when another wandering peddler Michael Jordan stops by Shibamata.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Herb Edelman, Chieko Baishô, Masami Shimojô
Votes: 99
36. Tora-san Meets His Lordship (1977)
99 min | Comedy
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.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Kyôko Maya, Masami Shimojô
Votes: 109
37. Tora-san, the Intellectual (1975)
100 min | Comedy
Tora-san returns to his family's shop in Shibamata, Tokyo to find himself accused of being the father of a 17-year-old girl. It turns out that Tora-san had only given help to the girl's ... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Masami Shimojô, Chieko Misaki
Votes: 95
38. Tora-san's Heart of Gold (1976)
103 min | Comedy
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, who has a terminal illness.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Fumi Dan, Masami Shimojô
Votes: 87
39. Kigeki: Onna wa dokyô (1969)
Young factory worker Manabu (Kawarazaki) falls for pretty college girl Ai (Baisho). One day he gives her a book of poetry by Goethe. A few days later he finds his older brother with the ... See full summary »
Director: Azuma Morisaki | Stars: Mitsuko Baishô, Tokue Hanazawa, Nijiko Kiyokawa, Kiyoshi Atsumi
Votes: 26
40. Cast Me If You Can (2010)
97 min | Comedy, Drama
An actor, who always plays supporting roles and lives in the shadow of famous playwright father, falls in love with an energetic aspiring actress and rediscovers himself.
Director: Atsushi Ogata | Stars: Tôru Masuoka, Hiromi Nagasaku, Masahiko Tsugawa, Yukimori Akanoma
Votes: 85
41. Tora-san, the Expert (1982)
106 min | Comedy, Romance
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Yûko Tanaka, Masami Shimojô
Votes: 95
42. Tora-san, Welcome Back! (2019)
115 min | Comedy, Drama
The 50th film in Tora-san series to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the series. The adult Mitsuo, Tora-san's nephew, who runs into Izumi, his first love, whom he had once promised to ... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Gin Maeda
Votes: 301
43. Tora-san's Forget Me Not (1973)
99 min | Comedy
Tora visits his family after a year. After a misunderstanding he gets upset and leaves to end up in the countryside. On the way he meets Lily and they feel a connection. Sometime later Tora... See full summary »
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Gin Maeda, Chieko Misaki
Votes: 127
44. Tora-san, His Tender Love (1970)
89 min | Comedy
Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajiro falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches.
Director: Azuma Morisaki | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Michiyo Aratama, Chieko Baishô, Yoshiko Kayama
Votes: 193
45. Otoko wa tsurai yo: Torajiro kamome uta (1980)
97 min | Comedy
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.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Ran Itô, Masami Shimojô
Votes: 86
46. Tora-san's Shattered Romance (1971)
89 min | Comedy
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Ayako Wakao, Chieko Baishô, Gin Maeda
Votes: 155
47. Tora-san's Runaway (1970)
88 min | Comedy
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.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Aiko Nagayama, Hisashi Igawa
Votes: 162
48. Tora-san's Grand Scheme (1970)
92 min | Comedy
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.
Director: Shun'ichi Kobayashi | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Komaki Kurihara, Chieko Misaki
Votes: 153
49. Tora-san's Dear Old Home (1972)
107 min | Comedy
While Sakura and Hiroshi struggle to save funds to build a house, Torajiro befriends three young women on vacation during his travels.
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Tatsuo Matsumura, Chieko Misaki
Votes: 128
50. Tora-san's Dream-Come-True (1972)
98 min | Comedy
Director: Yôji Yamada | Stars: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Kaoru Yachigusa, Tatsuo Matsumura
Votes: 113