Tora-san's family's neighbor, Akemi, who had been married in Marriage Counselor Tora-san (1984), runs away from her husband, who is only interested in work. Tora-san follows her to Shikinejima, and attempts to bring her back to her home. In doing so he encounters a school-reunion group who are traveling to meet their elementary school teacher, which is a reference to the film Twenty-Four Eyes by Keisuke Kinoshita. Tora-san joins them and falls in love with the teacher.
Japanese study overview
Otoko wa Tsurai yo: Shibamata Yori Ai wo Komete is a Japanese movie of 20,549 characters, with 1,860 unique words and 699 different kanji. Its difficulty rating on Jiten is average, 2.1 out of 5. The full vocabulary list ranks all 1,860 words by how often they appear, and you can study them on Jiten or download them as an Anki deck.
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Vocabulary highlights
Here are some of the words that appear most often in this media, as well as a sample of its rarer vocabulary.
- 先生teacher×59
- 言うto say×54
- 俺I×54
- 寅さんTora-san (leading character from Japanese movie series "Otoko wa Tsurai yo")×48
- 私I×46
- 帰るto return×43
- 思うto think×33
- お前you×31
- 寅the Tiger (third sign of the Chinese zodiac)×30
- 島island×30
- お兄ちゃん(one's) older brother×23
- 待つto wait×19
- 真知子Machiko×14
- 下田worn-out rice land×13
- 柴又Shibamata×10
- 式根島Shikinejima×10
- 叔母ちゃんauntie×8
- 博Tooru×7
- 伊豆Izu (former province located on the Izu Peninsula in present-day Shizuoka Prefecture, and the Izu Islands)×6
- 備後Bingo (former province located in the east of present-day Hiroshima Prefecture)×5