Directed by:
Yōji YamadaComposer:
Naozumi YamamotoCast:
渥美清, Yūko Tanaka, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Chishû Ryû, Ken Mitsuishi, 倍賞千恵子, 前田吟, 佐藤蛾次郎 , Asao Uchida, 中本賢, Masami Shimojō, 沢田研二Plots(1)
Yoji Yamada freely adapts Cyrano de Bergerac for this, the 30th Tora-san movie. At the Yuhira Hot Springs in Oita, Tora-san helps a shy but handsome zookeeper (pop star/actor Kenji Sawada) after both fall in love with a pretty department store worker (Yuko Tanaka). In real life, Sawada and Tanaka began dating during production and eventually married. (Shochiku)
(more)Cast
![渥美清](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/078/161078525_0b6da1.jpg)
渥美清
Japan
Best movies:
The Castle of Sand (1974)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
The Yellow Handkerchief (1977)
![Yūko Tanaka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/878/166878968_80f735.jpg)
Yūko Tanaka
Japan
Best movies:
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Monster (2023)
To You (2012)
![Hidetaka Yoshioka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/147/161147138_6e2d96.jpg)
Hidetaka Yoshioka
Japan
Best movies:
The Hidden Blade (2004)
After the Rain (1999)
Half a Confession (2004)
![Chishû Ryû](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271621_c51c65.jpg)
Chishû Ryû
Japan
Best movies:
Japan's Longest Day (1967)
Tokyo Twilight (1957)
The Human Bullet (1968)
![Ken Mitsuishi](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/562/164562995_3d9269.jpg)
Ken Mitsuishi
Japan
Best movies:
Eureka (2000)
I Just Didn't Do It (2006)
Love Letter (1995)
倍賞千恵子
Japan
Best movies:
Howl's Moving Castle (2004)
Our Mother (2008)
The Hidden Blade (2004)
![前田吟](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/918/160918420_6b4745.jpg)
前田吟
Japan
Best movies:
The Floating Castle (2012)
R100 (2013)
佐藤蛾次郎
Japan
Best movies:
G.I. Samurai (1979)
Ninja Wars (1982)
Asao Uchida
Best movies:
Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance (1972)
Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970)
The End of Summer (1961)
中本賢
Japan
Best movies:
Masami Shimojō
South Korea
Best movies:
Kids Return (1996)
Moskva, lyubov moya (1974)
沢田研二
Japan
Best movies:
The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001)