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FILMOGRAPHY
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WRITER66
The Yellow Handkerchief
2009
Original Film Writer
The Hidden Blade
2004
Screenplay
Free and Easy 14
2003
Writer
The Twilight Samurai
2002
Screenplay
Free and Easy 13
2002
Writer
Free and Easy 12: Big Holiday Bonus Project
2001
Writer
Free and Easy 11
2000
Writer
A Class to Remember IV: Fifteen
2000
Screenplay
Free and Easy: Samurai Edition
1998
Writer
A Class to Remember III: The New Voyage
1998
Screenplay
The Rainbow Seeker 2
1997
Writer
Tora-san's Tropical Fever Special Version
1997
Writer
A Class to Remember II
1996
Screenplay
Letters from Spain
1993
Writer
A Class to Remember
1993
Screenplay
Tora-san's Matchmaker
1993
Screenplay
Tora-san Makes Excuses
1992
Screenplay
My Sons
1991
Screenplay
Tora-san Confesses
1991
Screenplay
Days with Harasu
1989
Writer
Tora-san, My Uncle
1989
Writer
Downtown Heroes
1988
Screenplay
Tora-san's Salad-Day Memorial
1988
Screenplay
Tora-san Plays Daddy
1987
Screenplay
Tora-san Goes North
1987
Screenplay
Final Take: The Golden Age of Movies
1986
Writer
Tora-san's Bluebird Fantasy
1986
Screenplay
Tora-san, the Go-Between
1985
Screenplay
Tora-san's Island Encounter
1985
Screenplay
Tora-san's Forbidden Love
1984
Writer
Tokimeki Kaigan Monogatari
1984
Writer
Marriage Counselor Tora-san
1984
Screenplay
Tora-san Goes Religious?
1983
Writer
Tora-san's Song of Love
1983
Screenplay
Ekisutora
1982
Screenplay
Hearts and Flowers for Tora-san
1982
Screenplay
Tora-san, the Expert
1982
Screenplay
Ore to aitsu no monogatari
1981
Screenplay
Tora-san's Love in Osaka
1981
Screenplay
Tora-san's Promise
1981
Screenplay
The Long Way 'Round
1980
Screenplay
Tora-san's Tropical Fever
1980
Writer
Foster Daddy, Tora!
1980
Screenplay
A Distant Cry from Spring
1980
Screenplay
Our Symphony
1979
Writer
Tora-san, the Matchmaker
1979
Writer
Tora-san's Dream of Spring
1979
Writer
Stage-Struck Tora-san
1978
Writer
Talk of the Town Tora-san
1978
Writer
Ore wa inaka no puresurī
1978
Screenplay
Tora-san Plays Cupid
1977
Writer
The Yellow Handkerchief
1977
Screenplay
Tora-san Meets His Lordship
1977
Writer
Tora-san's Sunrise and Sunset
1976
Writer
Tora-san's Pure Love
1976
Writer
Tora-san, the Intellectual
1975
Writer
The Village
1975
Writer
Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again
1975
Screenplay
Tora-san's Lovesick
1974
Writer
Tora-san's Lullaby
1974
Writer
Tora-san Loves an Artist
1973
Writer
Tora-san's Forget Me Not
1973
Screenplay
Tora-san's Dear Old Home
1972
Screenplay
Tora-san's Dream-Come-True
1972
Screenplay
Tora-san's Love Call
1971
Screenplay
Tora-san, the Good Samaritan
1971
Screenplay
