---
title: 'It''s Tough Being a Man (1969)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Yōji Yamada'
released: '1969-08-27'
runtime_minutes: 91
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/its-tough-being-a-man-1969'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064777/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# It's Tough Being a Man (1969)

1969 · 91 min · Comedy · Japan

Original title: 男はつらいよ
Part of: Otoko wa Tsurai yo

## Synopsis

It's Tough Being a Man  is a 1969 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada and starring Kiyoshi Atsumi. It is the first entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Yōji Yamada](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoji-yamada)
- **Screenplay:** [Yōji Yamada](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoji-yamada), [Azuma Morisaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/azuma-morisaki)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Naozumi Yamamoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/naozumi-yamamoto)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tetsuo Takaha](https://cinepixo.com/people/tetsuo-takaha)
- **Editor:** [Iwao Ishii](https://cinepixo.com/people/iwao-ishii)

## Cast

- [Sachiko Mitsumoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/sachiko-mitsumoto)
- [Taichirō Hirokawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/taichiro-hirokawa)
- [Kiyoshi Atsumi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kiyoshi-atsumi) as Torajirō Kuruma
- [Gin Maeda](https://cinepixo.com/people/gin-maeda)
- [Chieko Baishō](https://cinepixo.com/people/chieko-baisho) as Sakura Kuruma
- [Chishū Ryū](https://cinepixo.com/people/chishu-ryu)
- [Takashi Shimura](https://cinepixo.com/people/takashi-shimura)

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Official site: https://www.tora-san.jp/movie/1/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/its-tough-being-a-man-1969
Film facts: Wikidata (Q5964767); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.