Kiyoshi Shimazu Movie Trailers

Ôana Trailer (1960)

22 April 1960

Film directed by Seiichirô Uchikawa.

Vagabond Schemer Trailer (1969)

15 March 1969

The return of a man to Japan from Borneo creates chaos in a village.

The Night We Danced Trailer (1963)

14 December 1963

Follows the lives of three sisters who have a dance act together.

An Innocent Witch Trailer (1965)

30 October 1965

Ayako, a young woman from a rural fishing village, is sold by her family into a brothel when her father takes ill.

Frozen River Trailer (1976)

24 April 1976

A young doctor starts working at a mental hospital in the Yokohama region and falls in love with one of the patients there.

Marriage Counselor Tora-san Trailer (1984)

04 August 1984

In Shibamata, Tokyo, Tora-san's family prepares for a wedding. Meanwhile, the traveling Tora-san meets an old acqaintance in Iwate Province.

Tora-san's Dear Old Home Trailer (1972)

05 August 1972

While Sakura and Hiroshi struggle to save funds to build a house, Torajiro befriends three young women on vacation during his travels.

Tora-san, the Matchmaker Trailer (1979)

04 August 1979

Tora-san helps out a runaway bride.

Talk of the Town Tora-san Trailer (1978)

27 December 1978

After a chance encounter with Hiroshi's father on a bus, Tora decides to get serious and reflect on the mortality of man.

Tora-san's Love Call Trailer (1971)

29 December 1971

Taking a message from Hiroshi's father to heart, Torajiro attempts to give up his wandering ways.

Tora-san Goes North Trailer (1987)

15 August 1987

When his travels take him to rural Hokkaido, Tora-san helps a cantankerous old veterinarian (Mifune) in his relationships with his estranged daughter, and a woman in whom he is secretly interested.

Tora-san's Love in Osaka Trailer (1981)

08 August 1981

When his travels bring him to Osaka, Tora-san falls in love with a local geisha. He helps her to track down her estranged brother, and informs his family that he plans to marry her.

Tora-san Plays Cupid Trailer (1977)

24 December 1977

Tora-san becomes friends with Toraya's newest tenant, a pachinko-playing electrician that goes by the nickname Watt.

Tora-san's Lullaby Trailer (1974)

28 December 1974

After Hiroshi is injured in a workplace accident, Torajiro gives Sakura the money he has saved and leaves to work as a traveling salesman once again.

Tora-san's Lovesick Trailer (1974)

10 August 1974

After Torajiro's latest attempt to find a bride goes awry, he starts traveling again and runs into Utako (last seen in Tora-san's Dear Old Home), now a widow.

Tora-san's Dream of Spring Trailer (1979)

28 December 1979

Tora-san's opinions about Americans get challenged when another wandering peddler Michael Jordan stops by Shibamata.

Tora-san, the Intellectual Trailer (1975)

27 December 1975

Tora-san is inspired to pursue an education after a visit to the grave of a woman he met years ago. When he returns to Shibamata with the intent to study, he falls for Toraya's new tenant instead.

Tora-san's Promise Trailer (1981)

28 December 1981

Tora-san returns to his family's home to attend an elementary school class reunion. After he embarrasses himself by getting drunk and insulting all his ex-classmates, he resumes his travels.

The Village Trailer (1975)

25 October 1975

This appears to be a labor of love. Its about a village which is given the opportunity to put on a musical.

Tora-san's Forbidden Love Trailer (1984)

28 December 1984

Tora-san spends several days at the home of a hard-working salaryman ("salaried worker"), who abruptly disappears.

Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial Trailer (1988)

24 December 1988

In his travels through Japan, Tora-san meets and falls in love with a female doctor, however he is afraid of committing to a relationship.

Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san Trailer (1982)

07 August 1982

During his travels, Tora-san gets drunk with an old man in Kyoto. Though Tora-san never fully comprehends his importance, the old man is a Living National Treasure ceramist.

Stage-Struck Tora-san Trailer (1978)

05 August 1978

Tora-san leaves Shibamata once again after an argument with his family and finds himself at an inn where he meets Tomekichi, a young man who looks up to Tora-san.

Tora-san Plays Daddy Trailer (1987)

26 December 1987

A playboy-gambler friend of Tora-san’s dies and, abandoned by his mother, his little boy suddenly turns up in Shibamata.

Tora-san Goes Religious? Trailer (1983)

28 December 1983

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 wearing the priest's robe delivers the memorial speech, much to his family's surprise.

Tora-san's Song of Love Trailer (1983)

06 August 1983

Tora-san returns to his family home to learn that his brother-in-law cannot go to Mitsuo's (Tora-san's nephew) athletic event.

Tora-san Meets His Lordship Trailer (1977)

06 August 1977

Tora-san befriends the descendant of a feudal lord. The man asks Tora to locate his deceased son's wife who resides somewhere in Tokyo.

Foster Daddy, Tora! Trailer (1980)

27 December 1980

After a friend and business colleague dies, Tora-san visits the man's daughter, then takes her to Tokyo so she can study for a night school exam.

Tora-san Loves an Artist Trailer (1973)

25 December 1973

Tora-San returns to Shibamata just before his family leaves on a trip for Kyushu. Later, he encounters an old school chum and begins to have feeling for his artist sister.

Love and Death Trailer (1971)

05 June 1971

Yuji, a budding writer, meets and starts falling in love with his best friend’s girlfriend, Natsuko.

Tora-san, the Expert Trailer (1982)

28 December 1982

Tora-san gets into an argument with his uncle and sets out on the road again. In Kyushu he meets a young woman named Keiko and the shy zoologist Saburō, and attempts to play matchmaker between the two when they all return to Tokyo.

A Distant Cry from Spring Trailer (1980)

15 March 1980

The quiet life of a mother and her young son living on a farm in Hokkaido is changed by the arrival of a man who ignites flames of romance in the heart of the mother and shows her boy the importance of grit and kindness, but then he leaves with the autumn wind.

Tora-san's Forget Me Not Trailer (1973)

04 January 1973

On the road again, Torajiro meets a kindred spirit in Lily, a lounge singer.

Tora-san's Island Encounter Trailer (1985)

28 December 1985

Tora-san's family's neighbor, Akemi, who had been married in Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984), runs away from her husband, who is only interested in work.

Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again Trailer (1975)

19 August 1975

Tora-san visits Hokkaido and is reunited with Lily. Now divorced, she plans to resume her singing career and renews her unusual relationship with Tora-san.

Tora-san, the Go-Between Trailer (1985)

03 August 1985

In Nagasaki, Tora-san and an acquaintance help an old woman who has fallen and injured herself. She invites them to her home where the three share a night of eating and drinking.

Takehisa Yumeji monogatari: koi suru Trailer (1975)

01 November 1975

Based on the life of artist Yumeji Takehisa

Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy Trailer (1986)

20 December 1986

During his travels, Tora-san comes across a traditional theater he used to visit, and discovers that one of his old friends has died.

Flame of My Love Trailer (1949)

13 February 1949

In 1880s Japan, women's struggle for equality rages on. Eiko Hirayama leaves Okayama for Tokyo, where she helps the fledgling Liberal Party and falls in love with its leader Kentaro Omoi, just as the party is being disbanded by the government.

The Ghostly Trip Trailer (1972)

06 October 1972

The 10th film in the travel series. The original work and screenplay is by Kazuo Funahashi, the director is Shoji Segawa, and the cinematography is by Keiji Maruyama.