Tora-san's Song of Love

On a ship en route to the Sado Islands, Tora-san enjoys the company of a beautiful woman (Harumi Miyako), unaware that she's a famous enka singer traveling incognito. In this variation on Roman Holiday (1953), the enka star eventually returns to her glamorous life, but no before surprising everyone in Shibamata by showing up to give Tora-san a ticket to her latest concert. This, the 31st Tora-san movie, features many enka stars (including Miyako herself) and longtime character actresses Tanie Kitabayashi and Chieko Nakakita. (Shochiku)