Tora-san's Song of Love
Synopsis. Tora-san returns to his family home to learn that his brother-in-law cannot go to Mitsuo's (Tora-san's nephew) athletic event. Tora-san volunteers to take his place, but gets into an argument with his brother-in-law's boss and returns to the road. He meets a young woman in Niigata who, unbeknownst to him, is a popular "enka" singer. Critical appraisal. Stuart Galbraith IV considers "Tora-san's Song of Love" to be a minor entry in the "Otoko wa Tsurai yo" series. The German-language  site molodezhnaja gives "Tora-san's Song of Love" three and a half out of five stars. Availability. "Tora-san's Song of Love" was released theatrically on August 6, 1983. In Japan, the film has been released on videotape in 1996, and in DVD format in 2002 and 2008.