Tora-san Meets His Lordship (男はつらいよ 寅次郎と殿様)

A Shochiku Film

300 years of Tokugawa peace were ending…

In Kyoto, warriors were gathering…

A stalwart swordsman appeared…

His name -Kurama-Tengu…

Mister!

Kurama-Tengu!

Sugisaku!

You'll never know how I worried about you.

Whoever you are, you saved Sugisaku.

I'm most grateful.

And now, farewell.

Wait! Please wait.

Yes?

Could it be that you were born in Shibamata, Edo?

Who are you?

Your sister Sakura.

Sakura?

Brother! I've been longing to see you.

Sakura...

Forgive me. I didn't know.

Your enemy has trapped you.

What?

Escape quickly. I'll try...

Sakura, hold Sugisaku tightly.

Kurama-Tengu! The time has come for you to die.

I'll kill you too.

That's the fate for both of us.

Impudent fellow!

All right, kill him!

Come and enter...

Your gateway to hell!

Higashiyama is quiet - all the world is asleep…

Then the clash of sword against sword…

A mistake!

Fool!

Sakura, is Sugisaku safe?

Yes.

But why wear those long johns?

I have a cold.

Come!

Sugisaku, a horse! A horse!

Sakura.

I can't see anything!

I can't see.

I've gone blind.

What?

I can't see a thing... Sakura...

Mister... Mister...

The train's coming.

The train.

Tora-san Meets His Lordship

Kiyoshi Atsumi as Tora

I was born and raised in Shibamata, Katsushika… Kiyoshi Atsumi as Tora

I was born and raised in Shibamata, Katsushika…

I was born and raised Chieko Baisho as Sakura in Shibamata, Katsushika…

Chieko Baisho as Sakura

Kuruma is my family name… Chieko Baisho as Sakura And my given name is Torajiro…

But people call me Tora, the street peddler…

Kyoko Maya as Mariko

Masami Shimojo as Uncle

Chieko Misaki as Aunty

Gin Maeda as Hiroshi

Hisao Dazai as President

Gajiro Sato as Genko

Hayato Nakamura as Mitsuo

Yoshio Yoshida as the party head

Akira Terao as the policeman

Akihiko Hirata as Munemichi

Chishu Ryu as the High Priest

Kanjuro Arashi as the Lord

Norihei Miki as the Steward

Producer: Kiyoshi Shimazu

Planned by Yukio Takashima Shun'ichi Kobayashi

Written by Yoji Yamada Yoshitaka Asama

Cinematography: Tetsuo Takaba

Music: Naozumi Yamamoto

Art Direction: Mitsuo Degawa

Sound Recording: Hiroshi Nakamura

Sound Mixing: Ryuji Matsumoto

Lighting: Yoshifumi Aoki

Editing: Iwao Ishii

Original Story and Directed by Yoji Yamada

They're swimming.

Come and see the carp flags.

They're splendid.

Aren't they nice, Mitsuo?

You can brag about the big carp you have at home.

Not at his home.

No space. We had to borrow Aunty's yard.

So don't brag.

Our yard's also small.

The carp must feel cramped here.

Excuse me.

Tora is inside again.

Tora! You good-for-nothing dog.

Let's call it Pooch. Our Tora won't like it.

Who named the dog Tora?

Genko, of course.

Why keep a dog he picked up?

Can't help it. It keeps coming back.

We'll change your name to Pooch.

Not Tora. Pooch, okay?

It's about time he came back.

Pooch?

No. Tora?

It's May already.

Sakura's worried, I bet.

He's the only brother she has.

Aunty. Brother's here.

Brother. Over here.

I've been away so long I forgot the place.

Uncle. Aunty. Feeling well?

We're fine.

Talked about you.

How's the factory? Still low wages?

I'm glad you're back.

Tea. Sakura. Bring some cake.

Good idea.

Mitsuo here?

Brought him a gift.

Mitsuo, come get your present.

How nice.

Thank you.

From the train window I saw many carp flags flying.

I thought I'd better act like Mitsuo's uncle.

What is it?

I bought this.

I wish I could get Mitsuo a real big carp flag.

Just wait until I become rich.

It's tiny.

Say "Thank you."

I think it's just fine.

Oh, it's nothing. Where's Hiroshi?

Maybe at the factory.

I'll go say hello to President.

Tora!

He went out.

To the tax office.

Have some cake. Tsune, tea!

How are the azaleas?

No good this year.

Not much sun there.

Absolutely no use seeing them.

It's such a small yard. We were saying...

The carp flag looks cramped...

Oh, my!

Something's fishy here. What did you start to say?

Mitsuo, don't bother me!

Stop it!

Raise it again.

I will tomorrow. Not today.

What's wrong? Why take it down?

Going to rain?

What's this little thing?

Hardly a carp.

Looks like fish-shaped pancakes.

Tasty pancakes.

Hi, Tora! Welcome home.

Seen that big carp flag?

What's wrong?

Mitsuo has been wanting one.

We said wait until we have a house with a yard.

No telling when we can move. So we finally bought one.

But we regretted not having bought a smaller one.

Never mind. I don't want to hear your excuses.

I bet you're mocking me. 'Cause I can only afford a toy carp.

You're wrong. No one's thinking that.

Why didn't you say so when I showed my small carp?

"That's nice too, but...

"We bought carp flag at a bargain sale yesterday.

"Take a look."

Then I'd have said, "Well, they're really splendid.

"You won't need this little toy.

"Give it to the President's kid."

It would have ended as a joke.

We wanted to say it but...

Couldn't do it?

We didn't want to hurt you.

I see. "Mitsuo's poor uncle bought a cheap carp-shaped toy.

"He'll feel offended by the real thing. Hide it."

Meanwhile, using flattery,

because you take pity on me?

Are you all that rich?

Remarkable! In fact, commendable!

That's too much. You shouldn't say that.

We're all poor, so, let's stop bickering.

Who asked you to butt in?

My being poor is my own fault.

Hiroshi is poor because you don't pay him enough.

You're no "President."

Shut down that ramshackle factory.

Please! You've just returned after half a year...

Managing a small company is not easy.

Where to?

Upstairs. To rest.

Raise the carp flag. Now that you bought it.

Never thought this would happen.

Tofu man!

Plain tofu will do.