Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san

1982, 110 min., 35 mm, color. Directed by Yoji Yamada. With Kiyoshi Atsumi, Chieko Baisho and Ayumi Ishida.

After a debaucherous evening in Kyoto with Kano, an elegant older man, Tora-san wakes up in his home oblivious that he is the National Living Treasure of ceramics. Tora-san falls in love with his maid Kagari and follows her to her coastal hometown when she moves out after being abandoned by the man she was set to marry.

This film is part of the Monthly Classics series, Best of Tora-san.

Tickets
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