In Tora-san Goes to Vienna (1989), we see Tiora (Kiyoshi Atsumi) leave his beloved Japan for the first time. In the 41st installment Tora meets a suicidal office worker, Sakaguchi (Akira Emoto) while traveling in Tohoku (the far north of Japan). Tora takes him under hi sing and helps him cope with his depression. Sakaguchi decides that he wants Tora to accompany him to Vienna, Austria. It seems like an unusual choice, but I suspect it was a place director Yoji Yamada wanted to visit-known for music and art. Tora is something of a philistine when it comes to art and music. But Tora learns to enjoy Vienna by meeting a pretty young tour guide Kumiko (Keiko Takeshita). She decides to go back to Japan with Tora and his friend, but after an airport intervention by her blue-eyed Viennese boyfriend she decides to stay and Tora is jilted again.
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