Tora-san's Rise and Fall

A Shochiku Film

"I'm a pirate, the fiercest of all.

"Looting all the Seven Seas.

"As many as fifty thousand ships have I sunk."

"I'm the king stud of all women.

"Sailing all the Seven Seas.

"As many as fifty thousand girls have I snatched."

He's drunk again.

He's thinking of his sister. He hasn't seen her in 20 years.

He may look tough.

But he's nice at heart.

Meanwhile, aboard a sla ve ship… … …

You, slave, tried to touch me! How dare you?

Be my woman.

Don't be so mean.

Be my woman. You can have good food, nice clothes.

Even a castle. How about it?

I'd rather stay a slave!

Damn bitch!

What's up now?

Trouble! Pirate Tiger's coming!

Tiger!

So you're the one.

You're the infamous slave merchant.

Have mercy, Captain Tiger!

I'll give you all the jewels, slaves! Everything!

Please! Spare me!

Girl... are you all right?

Yes. Thank you very much.

You're safe now.

You aren't slaves any more. You're free.

You can all go home.

Where are you from?

Katsushika Island.

Katsushika?

Do you know the island?

Katsushika...

God, I love the sound of that name!

The island where I once lived.

The sky there was blue.

Flowers were blooming.

A peaceful place where people lived happily.

Jack! You're alive!

Cherry! You're safe!

Mitsuo!

Aunty!

Captain Tiger!

If it isn't you... Uncle and Aunty!

You must be our nephew.

You left us 20 years ago.

You're my sister Cherry! I've been looking for you.

Brother!

My Brother...

That's right, Cherry!

Spare me! Please!

Katsushika Island! Dead ahead!

Port of Shibamata!

Good! Hoist the sails, everybody!

I enjoyed it.

Thanks.

Tora-san Meets The Songstress Again

I was born and raised in Shibamata, Katsushika… Tora-san Meets The Songstress Again

I was born and raised in Shibamata, Katsushika…

Kuruma is my family name… And my given name is Torajiro…

Kuruma is my family name… Kiyoshi Atsumi as Tora And my given name is Torajiro…

Kiyoshi Atsumi as Tora

But people call me Tora, Kiyoshi Atsumi as Tora the street peddler…

But people call me Tora, the street peddler…

But people call me Tora, Chieko Baisho as Sakura the street peddler…

Chieko Baisho as Sakura

Masami Shimojo as Uncle

Gin Maeda as Hiroshi

Chieko Misaki as Aunty

Hisao Dazai as President Gajiro Sato as Genko

Hayato Nakamura as Mitsuo Yoshio Yoshida as the slave merchant

Kaneko Iwasaki as Nobuko

Chiharu Kuri as Kimiko

Ai Saotome as Mariko

Eiji Funakoshi as Hyodo

Chishu Ryu as the High Priest

Ruriko Asaoka as Lily

Producer: Kiyoshi Shimazu

Planned by Yukio Takashima Shun'ichi Kobayashi

Written by Yoji Yamada Yoshitaka Asama

Cinematography: Tetsuo Takaba

Art Direction: Kiminobu Sato

Music: Naozumi Yamamoto

Sound Recording: Hiroshi Nakamura Sound Mixing: Ryuji Matsumoto

Lighting: Yoshifumi Aoki Editing: Iwao Ishii

Original Story and Directed by Yoji Yamada

She looks young, but she isn't much younger than me.

She isn't?

Come and look at her.

She's smiling.

She's been standing a long time. I guess she's tired.

She makes a helluva good living just smiling.

I wouldn't mind doing it for the money.

What a thing to say!

She's smiling.

But she must have problems we don't know about.

Her husband...?

He married into her family.

He looks like Hiroshi.

That makes Sakura a queen?

What's going on?

What's funny?

Aunty said Queen Elizabeth's husband looks like Hiroshi.

Silly.

It makes your son a prince.

Oh, no! Our prince has a runny nose.

That reminds me. We've another prince here.

A prince with a square face!

He's been away longer this time.

I wonder where he is.

It's about time we found a suitable bride.

For that prince.

Boss, a call for you.

Why the long face?

We were talking about Tora.

He's been gone longer than usual.

Yes.

I wonder why.

Is there a customer?

I'll go look.

Welcome.

Why, it's you!

Hello.

Uncle! Aunty!

Come quick!

Look who's here.

It's been a long time, Mary. No, Julie.

What're you saying? She's Lily.

Sorry to come so abruptly.

Bring some tea.

I'm glad you came.

I had an urge to come here.

And how have you been?

How's business?

A restaurant, wasn't it?

A sushi shop.

Yes, and you run it.

How's business?

Not so good lately?

Do you have a baby yet?

Well... I'm divorced.

I'm not cut out to be a housewife.

Your husband was a good man.

Yes. It was my fault.

I feel sorry for him.

Where's Tora?

We were just talking about him.

He's been gone since last autumn.

He'd be happy to see you.

He used to talk about you a lot.

I wanted to see him. I was afraid he might not be here.

I must go.

So soon?

Stay longer.

Eat supper with us.

Thank you.

I have to go. I have a train to catch.

I have to make a living. I'm an itinerant singer.

Goodbye.

Come again.

See you.

Lily!

Running a sushi shop was too much for her?

I shouldn't have asked if she had a baby.

I'm afraid you hurt her.

I think so.

Where are you going?

North.

I was in warm Kyushu and Shikoku during winter.

Now I'm going to Iwate, Aomori and Hokkaido.

I might run into Tora somewhere.

If you do, say hello for me.

Goodbye. I'll come again.

With Tora.

How are you?

Each person in the world has his own destiny.

People born in the Year of the Rat have sexual problems.

Women born in the Year of the Sheep cause family trouble.

And the Year of the Snake...

You were born under red Mars. You're lucky.

I'm sure she's very bright.

Trouble is she's strong-willed.

She often fights with her husband.

Right?

Scram! This isn't for kids.

Welcome back, Tora.

Tell me...

Is that guy still here?

He shut himself in the room. He hasn't come out.

Who is he?

I wish I knew. I'm fed up with him.

No!

Hold it! Don't treat your life so lightly!

Don't kill yourself!

You're wrong.

I was trying to fix the light.