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10 Best Movies Like Tora-san's Cherished Mother

If you loved Tora-san's Cherished Mother, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Tora-san, His Tender Love

Tora-san, His Tender Love

1970★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tora-san's Cherished Mother for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Traveling salesman Kuruma Torajirō falls in love with an inn manager as New Year's approaches....

#2
Monkey Business

Monkey Business

1952★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tora-san's Cherished Mother for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Research chemist Barnaby Fulton works on a fountain of youth pill for a chemical company. One of the labs chimps gets loose in the laboratory and mixes chemicals, but then pours th...

#3
White Hunter, Black Heart

White Hunter, Black Heart

1990★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tora-san's Cherished Mother for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Renowned filmmaker John Wilson travels to Africa to direct a new movie, but constantly leaves to hunt elephants and other game, to the dismay of his cast and crew. He eventually be...

#4
Rooster Cogburn

Rooster Cogburn

1975★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tora-san's Cherished Mother for fans of Adventure. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

After a band of drunken thugs overruns a small Indian Nation town, killing Reverend Goodnight and raping the women folk, Eula Goodnight enlists the aid of US Marshal Cogburn to hun...

#5
Smiles of a Summer Night

Smiles of a Summer Night

1955★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tora-san's Cherished Mother for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Early in the 20th century, middle-aged lawyer Fredrik Egerman and his young wife, Anne, have still not consummated their marriage, while Fredrik's son finds himself increasingly at...

#6
The Play House

The Play House

1921★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Tora-san's Cherished Mother for fans of Comedy. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Upon waking from the dream of a theater peopled entirely by numerous Buster Keatons, a lowly stage hand causes havoc everywhere he works....