In Tora's Pure Love (1976) sees Tora (Kyoshi Atsumi) falling for the mother of Mitsuo's (Tora's nephew) substitute teacher Masako (Fumi Dan), Aya (Machiko Kyo who starred in Rashomon and recently died in May of 2019). The pre-credits sequence finds "Torance of Arabia" mired in intrigue in a North African port city. When he wakes he's in Besso Onsen in Umeda, Nagano where he runs into a traveling theater company that he feels compelled to throw a party for with money he doesn't have. His sister Sakura (Chieko Baisho) has to go and bail him out and pay his bill. This is when he meets Masako's mother and begins seeing her almost daily. This romance ends more sadly than usual.
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