---
title: 'Tora-san''s Runaway (1970)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Yōji Yamada'
released: '1970-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 88
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Japan'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/tora-sans-runaway-1970'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0066190/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Tora-san's Runaway (1970)

1970 · 88 min · Comedy · Japan

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

## Synopsis

Tora-san's Runaway  aka Tora-san Homebound is a 1970 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Aiko Nagayama as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san's Runaway is the fifth entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series. This movie was originally intended to be the last of the series, but due to the popularity of this film, the Otoko wa Tsurai yo series continued on.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Yōji Yamada](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoji-yamada)
- **Screenplay:** [Yōji Yamada](https://cinepixo.com/people/yoji-yamada), [Akira Miyazaki](https://cinepixo.com/people/akira-miyazaki)

## Cast

- [Aiko Nagayama](https://cinepixo.com/people/aiko-nagayama)
- [Chishū Ryū](https://cinepixo.com/people/chishu-ryu)
- [Kiyoshi Atsumi](https://cinepixo.com/people/kiyoshi-atsumi) as Torajirō Kuruma
- [Tokuko Sugiyama](https://cinepixo.com/people/tokuko-sugiyama)
- [Hisashi Igawa](https://cinepixo.com/people/hisashi-igawa)
- [Chieko Baishō](https://cinepixo.com/people/chieko-baisho) as Sakura
- [Gin Maeda](https://cinepixo.com/people/gin-maeda)

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