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title: 'Foster Daddy, Tora! (1980)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Yōji Yamada'
released: '1980-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/foster-daddy-tora-1980'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0079686/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Foster Daddy, Tora! (1980)

1980 · 100 min · Comedy · Japan

Original title: 男はつらいよ 寅次郎かもめ歌
Part of: Otoko wa Tsurai yo

## Synopsis

Foster Daddy, Tora!  aka Torasan's Song of the Seagull is a 1980 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Ran Itō as his love interest or "Madonna". Foster Daddy, Tora! is the twenty-sixth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Yōji Yamada](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoji-yamada)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tetsuo Takaha](https://cinepixo.com/people/tetsuo-takaha)
- **Editor:** [Iwao Ishii](https://cinepixo.com/people/iwao-ishii)

## Cast

- [Masami Shimojō](https://cinepixo.com/people/masami-shimojo)
- [Ran Itō](https://cinepixo.com/people/ran-ito)
- [Chieko Baishō](https://cinepixo.com/people/chieko-baisho) as Sakura
- [Chishū Ryū](https://cinepixo.com/people/chishu-ryu)
- [Gin Maeda](https://cinepixo.com/people/gin-maeda)
- [Tatsuo Matsumura](https://cinepixo.com/people/tatsuo-matsumura)
- [Takehiro Murata](https://cinepixo.com/people/takehiro-murata)
- [Kiyoshi Atsumi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kiyoshi-atsumi) as Torajirō Kuruma

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Official site: https://www.tora-san.jp/movie/26/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/foster-daddy-tora-1980
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