Talk Of The Town Tora-san (1978) is Yoji Yamada's 22nd episode in the Tora-san series starring Kiyomi Atsumi as the lead character. The pre-credits dream sequence is something of a Japanese fable with Tora-san acting as a kind of deity rewarding simple, pious folk. One of the main story lines involves the random meeting of Tora and his brother-in-law Hiroshi's father (Kurosawa regular Takashi Shimura) on a train in the Kiso mountains of Nagano. His time spent with Hiroshi's father makes Tora-san reflective, so he returns home and has his usual fight with Tako (Hisao Dasai). When he returns the shop has hired a young woman, Sanae (Rieko Ohara), who is separated from her husband. There's much talk about finding good help even in a recession. If you've come this far you know how it will turn out. The young woman ends up going back to her native Otaru, Hokkaido to marry her cousin?! (I guess that's not taboo in Japan?-I need to pursue this issue with a native soon).
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