Tora-san Plays Daddy(1987)

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”.

Genre: Comedy

Director: Yôji Yamada

Actors: Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baishô, Kumiko Akiyoshi, Midori Satsuki, Masami Shimojô, Chieko Misaki, Gin Maeda, Hisao Dazai, Gajirô Satô, Hidetaka Yoshioka

Release date: 1987-12-26

Country of origin: Japan

Length: 1h 41m

Ratings:

• 6.9/10