Tora-san's Love in Osaka

Tora-san's Love in Osaka
Theatrical poster
Directed byYoji Yamada
Written byYoji Yamada
Yoshitaka Asama
StarringKiyoshi Atsumi
Keiko Matsuzaka
CinematographyTetsuo Takaba
Edited byIwao Ishii
Music byNaozumi Yamamoto
Distributed byShochiku
Release date
  • August 8, 1981 (1981-08-08)
Running time
104 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Tora-san's Love in Osaka (男はつらいよ 浪花の恋の寅次郎, Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Naniwa no Koi no Torajirō) aka Tora's Many-Splintered Love is a 1981 Japanese comedy film directed by Yoji Yamada. It stars Kiyoshi Atsumi as Torajirō Kuruma (Tora-san), and Keiko Matsuzaka as his love interest or "Madonna". Tora-san's Love in Osaka is the twenty-seventh entry in the popular, long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series. It was the first film in the series in which Hidetaka Yoshioka played the role of Tora-san's nephew Mitsuo Suwa.