《夫君之苦》第16集，十七歲妙齡?女順子（櫻田淳子飾）找上門，聲稱寅次郎（渥美清飾）是她老豆！幸虧寅剛回到柴又的家，得以澄清統統。原來十多年前在山形縣，寅飢冷交煎之際，受過?女母親阿雪的熱飯，畢生難忘，自此每年寄錢給阿雪，誰知令順子誤會他就是生父。寅從順子口中得悉阿雪往年過了身，傷心不已，遂獨自到山形縣掃墓。當寅得悉阿雪生前埋怨本身沒有學識，以是被夫君所騙，畢生受苦之後，他馬上發憤求學，發奮圖強。回到故鄉寅記，剛好來了一個考古學研究生的租客禮子〔[木堅]山文枝飾），寅天然掌握機會向尤物求學。豈料禮子身邊有一個親密的大除夕學傳授（小林桂樹飾），他博學多才，狂野豪宕，且不停暗戀禮子……寅在情場再遇大除夕敵。ThesixteenthinstalmentintheTora-sanseries.Theseventeen-year-oldgirlJunko(SakuradaJunko)comestoTora-san"shouse,claimingthatTora-sanisherfather!Fortunately,Tora-sanarriveshomeandexplainseverything.JunkohasmistakenhimasherfatherbecausehehasalwayssentmoneytoJunko"smother,thankingherforherhospitalitywhenhewasverydesperateinYamagataabouttenyearsago.WhenJunkotellshimthathermotherhaspassedawayayearago,heiscrushedanddeterminedtovisithermother"sgrave...WhenTora-sancomesback,anarcheologystudentReiko(KashiyamaFumie)comestorenttheplace,andhetakesthisopportunitytopursuelearning,andlove.However,herteacherKeijiisalsothere,whichmakesitdifficultforTora-san.