Otoko wa curai jo: Hana mo araši mo Toradžiró

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)