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title: 'Tora-san, the Expert (1982)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Yōji Yamada'
released: '1982-12-28'
runtime_minutes: 106
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/tora-san-the-expert-1982'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086061/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Tora-san, the Expert (1982)

1982 · 106 min · Comedy · Japan

Original title: 男はつらいよ 花も嵐も寅次郎
Part of: Otoko wa Tsurai yo

## Synopsis

Tora-san, the Expert  is a 1982 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Yūko Tanaka as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san, the Expert is the thirtieth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series. This became the first Tora-san film to be released on DVD with English subtitles in 16:9 ratio when the Hong Kong label Panorama did so in 2006.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Yōji Yamada](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoji-yamada)
- **Screenplay:** [Yōji Yamada](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoji-yamada), [Yoshitaka Asama](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoshitaka-asama)

## Cast

- [Gin Maeda](https://cinepixo.com/people/gin-maeda)
- [Kenji Sawada](https://cinepixo.com/people/kenji-sawada)
- [Kiyoshi Atsumi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kiyoshi-atsumi) as Torajirō Kuruma
- [Yūko Tanaka](https://cinepixo.com/people/yuko-tanaka)
- [Hidetaka Yoshioka](https://cinepixo.com/people/hidetaka-yoshioka)
- [Chieko Baishō](https://cinepixo.com/people/chieko-baisho) as Sakura

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Official site: https://www.tora-san.jp/movie/30/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/tora-san-the-expert-1982
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