| Film # | Title | Description | Dream Sequence |
| 1 | Tora San Our Lovable Tramp | Tora-san, an itinerant peddler returns home after twenty years to find his parents passed away and his only sister, Sakura, running a local sweet shop and living with their aunt and uncle. Tora begrudgingly agrees to Sakura's planned marriage to a painter, but only succeeds in ruining the marriage when he behaves outrageously at the pre-wedding party. He unwittingly falls in love with the daughter of a Buddhist priest. Upon learning that she is already planning her own marriage, he decides to leave home again to hide his chagrin. | None |
| 2 | Tora San's Cherished Mother | Tora-san returns home because his sister, Sakura, has given birth to a son. He reunions with Professor Tsubouchi who taught him English when he was a student, but it is actually Natsuko, the beautiful daughter who attracts him. Upon hearing that his mother, whom he has not met since his birth, lives in Kyoto, Tora-san decides to go to see her. To his great shock and disappointment, however, he finds her to be a proprietress of a disreputable house. When he returns to his native town again, another shock falls on him: Professor Tsubouchi has died and Natsuko is marrying a doctor. | None |
| 3 | Tora San, His Tender Love | Tora-san returns to his hometown upon the urge of his uncle and aunt, but once again causes chaos and trouble for his big mouth. In an attempt to make him stay at home and end his life as a wanderer, the old couple decides to arrange a marriage for Tora-san. But the marriage-meeting once again ends in embarrasement and the old couple has to pick up the bill again. After a big quarrel, Tora-san is on the road once more. In a small hot-spring hotel, however, Tora-san meets the woman of his life. Will this incurable romantic finally settle down to a family life? | None |
| 4 | Tora San's Grand Scheme | Tora-san offers a free trip to Hawaii for his uncle and his aunt who took care of him and his sister after his father's death. But not when they arrive at the airport do they lean that the travel agent has run away with their money. Ashamed and fearing that they will be a laughing stock for their neighbours, they decided to creep into their house after dark. But a petty thief trespasses their house thinking that they have left for Hawaii. Though they catch the thief in the end, their secret plan is finally revealed! | None |
| 5 | Tora San's Runaway | Tora-san believes he has a serious disease and returns to Hokkaido, his family's origin. He lives in the home of his uncle and sister, causing chaos and trouble as usual. He moves into a bean curd shop by chance and secretly loves Setsuko, the daugher of the shopkeeper who already has a lover. Will Tora-san be disappointed again? | None |
| 6 | Tora San's Shattered Romance | Yuko, a beautiful wife moved into Tora-san's room in Shibamata to stay away for a while from her husband with whom she has had a break-off. Tora-san suddenly returns home and is very upset about his room having been occupied. Upon seeing Yuko, however, he immediately loses his heart to her and decides to stay. One day, Yuko's husband shows up and determines to take his wife home. | None |
| 7 | Tora San's Good Samaritan | Tora-san returns to his hometown and is reconciled with his mother, Kiku who left him behind when he was born. He then starts life as wanderer again, and meets Hanako, an innocent but unintelligent girl who works in a textile mill. Tora-san intends to help her back to her hometown, but Hanako ends up working in the dumpling shop of Tora-san's uncle. One day, Hanako offers to marry Tora-san who has already lost his heart to her. But Hanako's guarantor suddenly shows up and takes her home when Tora-san is away. After his repeated setbacks in finding a life long partner, Tora-san is on the road once more. | None |
| 8 | Tora San's Love Call | Tora-san is on the road again after a short return to his home in Shibamata and a squabble with his uncle and aunt. In the course of his travels, he attend the funeral mass of his sister's mother-in-law and is inspired by Hyoichiro, who used to devote himself to research work and now has become a lonely old man after his wife's death. Tora-san returns home and finds himself in love with the beautiful coffee shop owner, Takako. He gets along with Takako's son and starts dreaming about having a family of three, while Sakura and all the others start to worry about when he will be frustrated in love again. One day, Tora-san suddenly packs for another journey as he has decided to let go. | None |
| 11 | Tora San's Forget me not | Tora-san meets Lily, the nightclub singer, when he travels to Hokkaido. Lily is a vagabond who is known for her generosity and great-heartedness. The two of them become good freinds instantly. When the meet up again in Tokyo, they find themselves deaply in love with each other. Lily even said that Tora-san is the man that she loves most! On the other hand, Tora-san is determined to start a new life as a farmer, so as to excersize and elevate both his mentality and physicality. It is another heart-warming journey full of surprises. | Heroic son returns home to help father |
| 12 | Tora San Loves an Artist | Tora-san's younger sister Sakura invites their aunt and uncle to a spa trip in Kyushu right when Tora-san comes back home! During his lonely stay at home, he determines to treat his family nicer when they come back. One day, Tora-san meets one of his old classmates, and he introduces his younger sister Ritsuko to Tora-san. Ritsuko comes from a wealthy family, but she insists on being a painter and has to suffer from poverty. Tora-san is attracted to her, but she is already in love with another man. | Tora san saves Shibamata village from the famine and kills the oil company executive |
| 14 | Tora San's Lullaby | Tora-san has an illegitimate child? To everyone's surprise he has brought a child back to Shibamata. When everyone in his family decides to raise the child as a family member, they discover that he was an abandoned child that Tora-san found on the street! At first, he has no interestin taking care of the child, and lets his auntie and his sister, Sakura do the job instead... Until he meets the beautiful nurse Kyoko [Toake Yukuyo]. He tries all the ways he can, including taking good care of the child, to get her attention. However, a poor, bearded conductor in Kyoko's choir stands in the way. | |
| 15 | Tora San Meets the Songstress Again | Tora-san meets the weird and lonely Hyodo in the Northeast. Hyodo is determined to leave his home in Tokyo and goes bqack to Hokkaido to find his true love whom he has not seen for 30 years. Tora-san accompanies him and meets Lily again on their way. He found out that Lily has divorced her husband and becomes a songstress again. After some small talks, they quarelled with each other on the subject of woman's happiness. Surprisingly, they meet again in Tokyo and fall madly in love. Just when everybody thinks that they are made for each other, and Lily is willing to marry Tora-san, Tora-san suddenly refuses to marry Lily. Ruriko Asaoka reprises her role after appearing in Tora-san's Forget me not. | Pirate Tora-san rescues family from a slave merchant. |
| 16 | Tora San The Intelect | The 17 year old girl, Junko, comes to Tora-san's house claiming that Tora-san is her father. Fortunately, Tora-san returns home and explains everything. Junko has mistaken Tora-san for her father because he has always sent money to Junko's mother thanking her for her hospitality when he was very desperate in Yamagata about 10 years ago. When Junko tells him that her mother died about a year ago, he is crushed and determines to visit her mother's grave. When Tora-san comes back, an archeology student, Reiko, comes to rent the place, and he takes this opportunity to pursue learning, and love. However, her teacher Keiji is also there, which makes it difficult for Tora-san. |
Spaghetti Western with Killer Tiger Kid coming to the rescue. |
| 20 | Tora San Plays Cupid | Tora-san wants to become a matchmaker. He draws from his own experience and teaches the ignorant young man, Ryosuke, how to win the heart of Sachiko. However, Tora-san's methods are so outdated which makes it even harder for Ryosuke. Finally, Ryosuke failed on his quest for love and he decides to commit suicide on the roof of Tora-san's house. Fortunately, his life is being saved. When he returns to his hometown, he finds that Tora-san is there. That is because Tora-san has fallen in love with the divorced sister of Ryosuke. | The family becomes rich and Tora-san cannot cope with the wealthy life |
| 21 | Tora San's Stage Struck | Tora-San's uncle is suffering from a serious illness, all the family members want Tora-san to take over the family business. Tora-san tries his best, and finally wins praises across town. Until one day, Sakura's ex-classmate, Nanako, comes to perform for the SKD. Tora-san attends the performance and immediately falls for Nanako when he sees her dancing on the stage. At that time, a friend of Tora-san comes from Kyushu to visit him. Tora-san brings him to the show and he falls in love the another dancer. Suddenly, Nanako collapses as she is struggling from an affair that has lasted ten years already. It made her want to quit dancing altogether. | Tora-san is recalled by the UFO to return home |
| 24 | Tora Sans Dream of Spring | This is the first time a foreigner was involved in the production of Tora-San. The Oscar-nominated scriptwriter Leonard Schrader has written this film with Yamada Yoji. Herb Edelman stars as a drifter who comes from America. He comes to Japan to sell drugs. Unfortunately, the Japanese do not take vitamins which made him lose all of his money. The Tora-san family lets him stay in the house temporarily. Suddenly, Tora-san comes back home. When he finds out that his room was being occupied by a foreigner, he becomes furious. When they are about to fight for their lives, the English teacher of Mitsuo, and pours oil on troubled waters. When Tora-san discovers that Keiko is a widow, he forgets about the foreigner and goes after Keiko. At the same time, the foreigner is also in love with someone. | Sakura is in San Francisco's chinatown |
| 26 | Tora San Foster Daddy | When Tora-san travels to the north, he heard that an old friend of his has just died. He travels to his friend's hometown and met his daughter, Sumire, the old friend of Tora-san was a drunkard, he has never treated Sumire as he should, so Sumire has to go to work at an early age. When she decided to continue her work and study in Tokyo, Tora-san is very eager to take her to Tokyo and sets her up for a job.
When they arrive in Tokyo, people have mistaken Tora-san as a kidnapper of Sumire. Fortunately, Sumire helps him to explain in time. Sumire is grateful for Tora-san's kindness and as part of her plan to better herself, she begins to attend night school. Everyone in the Tora-san family has taken part to help her out. One night her old boyfriend shows up against Tora-san's wishes, the two decide to get married. Tora-san is disappointed that Sumire is going to give up her education for a man he doesn't approve of, so he leaves on a business trip.... |
Tora-san takes the place of Sakura to appease the gods and chases away the evil administrator. |
| 27 | Tora San's Many Splintered Love | Tora meets a pretty woman, Fumi, while on a peddling junket to an island in the Inland sea. Tora is magnetized by Fumi, even though he knows little or nothing about her. Tora encounters Fumi again in Osaka. Then, he comes to know that Fumi makes her living as a geisha. Tora sends a postcard to Toraya in Shibamata to let his family know he is having a good time with Fumi in Osaka. Fumi tells Tora that she has a brother she has not seen since childhood. Tora urges her to look for him. To Fumi's dismay, they discover that her brother died of heart trouble only a few days before they approached. That night, Fumi drinks after a session with carousing guests and goes to visit Tora in the cheap hotel where he stays. After lamenting her brother's death, she falls asleep while leaning on Tora's lap. He gently covers her with a blanket and silently leaves the room. |
Tora visits the sea goddess accompanied by a turtle |
| 28 | Tora San's Promise | In Kyushu, Tora-san meets a runaway girl (Kishimoto Kayuko] who wants to become a partner in Tora-san's peddling business because she admires the free-spirited lifestyle of Tora-san. Later Tora-san meets the wife of an old friend who was also his former colleague. Tora-san is informed that his former colleague is now terminally ill. This man, who used to be a vendor selling fried octopus, asks Tora-san to marriy his wife [Otomashi Mikiko] once he dies, because he is afraid that his wife might fool around with other men. Tora-san has no choice but to agree to his friend's death wish. Now, he is determined to marry his friend's wife. So, Tora-san tries to find a job and stay in his family in order to marry her. Meanwhile, in Tokyo, the runaway goes to work at the family candy shop until her brother [Takeo Chii] shows up to claim her. | Dr. Tora-san wins the Nobel Prize for Medicine. |
| 30 | Tora San, The Expert | Adaptation of Cyrano De Bergerac. At the hot springs in Otta, Tora-san helps a shy but handsome zookeeper after both fall in love with a pretty department store worker. | Tora restores the peace in Brooklyn by getting rid of the mob boss |
| 31 | Tora San's Song of Spring | On a ship enroute to the Sado Islands, Tora-san enjoys the company of a beautiful woman (Miyako Harumi], unaware that she is a famous enka singer traveling incognito. In this variation on a Roman Holiday, the enka star enjoys Tora-san's company when her boyfriend left her. Evenutally, she returns to her glamorous life, but not before surprising everyone in Shibamata by showing up to give Tora-san a ticket to her latest concert. Tora-san thought that this could be a good start, but she finally tells him that her boyfriend is back. This movie features many enka stars (including Miyako herself] and longtime character actresses Tante Kitabayashi and Chicko Nakakita, because director Yamadi Yoji is also a big fan of Miyako. | |
| 32 | Tora San Goes Religious? | While traveling to the western part of Japan, Tora-san visits brother-in-law Hiroshi's hometown to attend a memorial service for his late father. When the local temple priest becomes intoxicated, Tora-san wears the priest's robe and delivers the memorial speech, much to the family's suprise. Thinking he's found his true calling, Tora-san decides to join the order, and falls for the priest's divorced daughter. The priest wants his son to follow in his footsteps, but his son wants to be a professional photographer instead. So, his son left home for Tokyo to pursue his dream. Then, the priest comes up with brilliant plan, he wants his daughter to marry Tora-san and then Tora-san would become his son-in-law and take over the temple. After hearing this, Tora-san is ecstatic, he goes home to tell his family that he will become a priest from now on. | The family arranges a marriage for Tora-san, but it's a fake Tora-san who's getting married. |
| 33 | Tora San's Marriage Counselor | Tora-san meets an old friend whom he hasn't seen for a number of years. His friend is now a married man, he has abandoned his wandering life and settled down. This makes Tora-san feel sorry for himself. So when he meets a pretty but troubled barber who was unable to hold down a steady job and wants to become a wanderer, Tora-san urges her to become a marry someone reliable and stop being unrealistic. He accompanies her to Nemuro where she falls for a motorcycle rider at a circus. Later when Tora-san is attending the wedding of a neighbor, Akemi, he and the barber are reunited again. | Tora san avenges his family by attacking the gangsters who destroyed their sweet shop |
| 34 | Tora San's Forbidden Love | Tora-san spends several days at the home of a hard-working salaryman who abruptly disappears. When the young man's wife asks Tora-san to help find him, they travel to Kagoshima where Tora-san falls in love with her and secretly hopes the husband will not be found. | Doctor Tora-san defeats Godzilla |
| 35 | Tora San's the Go Between | On the Goto Islands, Tora-san rescues an old lady and befriends her. She then dies all of a sudden and at her Christian funeral he meets the old woman's granddaughter who lives alone in Tokyo. Back in Shibamata, Tora-san looks her up, and finds that a young man who is studying to be a lawyer secretly has a crush on her. However, this young man is too shy to express his love. In order to help this pair of lovebirds, Tora-san acts as a go-between by matching her up with the young man. | Shibamata banishes old people and Uncle and Auntie have to leave the sweet shop. |
| 36 | Tora San's Island Encounter | Tora-san is helping his runaway neighbor, Akemi, who left Shibamata to work as a bar hostess in Shimoda. Together they travel to Shikine Island, where Tora-san falls in love with their beautiful teacher. When the teacher stops in Shibamata on the way to visit her sick father, Tora-san's hopes of a lasting love are raised and dashed once again. | Tora-san becomes the first Japanese astranaut |
| 37 | Tora San's Bluebird Fantasy | When a friend of Tora-san's passes away, he visits his daughter and invites her to Shibamata. There she befriends a struggling painter and Tora-san once again plays matchmaker, even though everyone but the young lovers realize Tora-san secretly loves her. | Tora-san hunts a bluebird of happiness |
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