Directed by:
Yōji YamadaComposer:
Naozumi YamamotoCast:
渥美清, Tomoko Naraoka, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Chishû Ryû, 倍賞千恵子, 前田吟, Yoshiko Mita, 三田寛子, Masami Shimojō, Kei SumaPlots(1)
In Nagano, Tora-san befriends an old lady, her beautiful doctor (Yoshiko Mita), and the doctor's niece, a student majoring in Japanese poetry. Tora-san is reunited when the doctor comes to Tokyo to visit her niece and son, but their happiness is short-lived after learning of the old woman's death. Meanwhile, the family's candy shop changes its name and gets a new employee in this 40th "Tora-san." (Shochiku)
(more)Cast
![渥美清](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/078/161078525_0b6da1.jpg)
渥美清
Japan
Best movies:
The Castle of Sand (1974)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
Tomoko Naraoka
Japan
Best movies:
Dodes'ka-den (1970)
Ponyo (2008)
Ballad of Orin (1977)
![Hidetaka Yoshioka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/147/161147138_6e2d96.jpg)
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Japan
Best movies:
The Hidden Blade (2004)
After the Rain (1999)
Half a Confession (2004)
![Chishû Ryû](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271621_c51c65.jpg)
Chishû Ryû
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
The Human Bullet (1968)
倍賞千恵子
Japan
Best movies:
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Our Mother (2008)
The Hidden Blade (2004)
![前田吟](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/918/160918420_6b4745.jpg)
前田吟
Japan
Best movies:
The Floating Castle (2012)
R100 (2013)
![Yoshiko Mita](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/203/166203107_ee3b61.jpg)
Yoshiko Mita
Japan
Best movies:
Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
Revenge (1964)
Samaritan Zatoichi (1968)
三田寛子
Japan
Masami Shimojō
South Korea
Best movies:
Kids Return (1996)
Moskva, lyubov moya (1974)
Kei Suma
Japan
Best movies:
Princess Goh (1992)