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Foster Daddy, Tora!
Foster Daddy, Tora!

Foster Daddy, Tora!

Genres

Comedy

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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.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

97 mins

Rating

7.5/10

Release Date

27 December 1980

Country

Japan

Cast

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Kiyoshi Atsumi

Torajiro Kuruma

Chieko Baisho

Chieko Baisho

Sakura

Ran Ito

Ran Ito

Sumire

Masami Shimojō

Masami Shimojō

Chieko Misaki

Chieko Misaki

Gin Maeda

Gin Maeda

Hisao Dazai

Hisao Dazai

Hayato Nakamura

Hayato Nakamura

Gajirō Satō

Gajirō Satō

Yoshio Yoshida

Yoshio Yoshida

Keiroku Seki

Keiroku Seki

Sakae Umezu

Sakae Umezu

Aki Takejo

Aki Takejo

Tokuko Sugiyama

Tokuko Sugiyama

Chinpei Hayashiya

Chinpei Hayashiya

Toshitaka Itō

Toshitaka Itō

Masane Tsukayama

Masane Tsukayama

Ryunosuke Kuze

Ryunosuke Kuze

Taijirou Ono

Taijirou Ono

Hiroyuki Takano

Hiroyuki Takano

Ken Mitsuishi

Ken Mitsuishi

Kazuhiko Kasai

Kazuhiko Kasai

Akihiko Hanyû

Akihiko Hanyû

Kenji Kimura

Kenji Kimura

Seiji Shinohara

Seiji Shinohara

Masato Endo

Masato Endo

Jun Kashima

Jun Kashima

Nobuo Takagi

Nobuo Takagi

Misako Tanaka

Misako Tanaka

Eiko Sakai

Eiko Sakai

Yoshino Tani

Yoshino Tani

Haruko Chichibu

Haruko Chichibu

Yasuko Goto

Yasuko Goto

Masakane Yonekura

Masakane Yonekura

Takehiro Murata

Takehiro Murata

Sadao

Kayako Sono

Kayako Sono

Tatsuo Matsumura

Tatsuo Matsumura

Hayashi

Chishū Ryū

Chishū Ryū

Gozen-sama

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