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Tora-san's Dream of Spring
Tora-san's Dream of Spring

Tora-san's Dream of Spring

Genres

Comedy

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

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

104 mins

Rating

8/10

Release Date

28 December 1979

Country

Japan

Cast

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Kuruma Torajiro

Herb Edelman

Herb Edelman

Michael

Chieko Baisho

Chieko Baisho

Sakura

Masami Shimojō

Masami Shimojō

Chieko Misaki

Chieko Misaki

Gin Maeda

Gin Maeda

Hisao Dazai

Hisao Dazai

Gajirō Satō

Gajirō Satō

Hayato Nakamura

Hayato Nakamura

Yoshio Yoshida

Yoshio Yoshida

Hiroshi Inuzuka

Hiroshi Inuzuka

Yasukiyo Umeno

Yasukiyo Umeno

Sanji Kojima

Sanji Kojima

Taiji Tonoyama

Taiji Tonoyama

Masane Tsukayama

Masane Tsukayama

Takehisa Yamaguchi

Takehisa Yamaguchi

Kazuhiko Kasai

Kazuhiko Kasai

Takuya Shiba

Takuya Shiba

Setsuko Tanaka

Setsuko Tanaka

Mari Okamoto

Mari Okamoto

Akihiko Hanyû

Akihiko Hanyû

Kenji Kimura

Kenji Kimura

Seiji Shinohara

Seiji Shinohara

Yoshino Tani

Yoshino Tani

Haruko Chichibu

Haruko Chichibu

Keiji Tsuchida

Keiji Tsuchida

Nobuo Takagi

Nobuo Takagi

Hiroko Hayashi

Hiroko Hayashi

Megumi

Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

Kyōko Kagawa

Kyōko Kagawa

Keiko

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