Synopsis

the 50th entry in the popular and long-running Otoko wa Tsurai yo series. Mitsuo, a novelist lives with his daughter, a third year junior high student. His latest book has been well-received but he’s feeling a bit unmotivated to write his next book. To attend the 7th death anniversary of his wife, Mitsuo visits his family home in Shibamata and reminisces about old times with his mother Sakura, about his noisy and fun days he spent with his uncle Tora-san who always on his side. His feelings for Tora-san (Atsumi Kiyoshi) come back to life.  Atsumi died in 1996 and he appears throughout the film as flashbacks, using footage from his dozens of performances as Tora-san in the previous films