《男人之苦》第16集，十七歲妙齡少女順子（櫻田淳子飾）找上門，聲稱寅次郎（渥美清飾）是她老豆！幸好寅剛回到柴又的家，得以澄清一切。原來十多年前在山形縣，寅飢寒交迫之際，受過少女母親阿雪的熱飯，一生難忘，自此每年寄錢給阿雪，誰知令順子誤會(huì)他就是生父。寅從順子口中得知阿雪去年過了身，傷心不已，遂獨(dú)自到山形縣掃墓。當(dāng)寅得悉阿雪生前埋怨自己沒有學(xué)識(shí)，所以被男人所騙，一生受苦之後，他馬上立志求學(xué)，發(fā)奮圖強(qiáng)?；氐嚼霞乙洠瑒偤脕砹艘粋€(gè)考古學(xué)研究生的租客禮子〔[木堅(jiān)]山文枝飾），寅自然把握機(jī)會(huì)向美人求學(xué)。豈料禮子身邊有一個(gè)親密的大學(xué)教授（小林桂樹飾），他博學(xué)多才，狂野豪爽，且一直暗戀禮子……寅在情場再遇大敵?！　he sixteenth instalment in the Tora-san series. The seventeen-year-old girl Junko (Sakurada Junko) comes to Tora-san"s house, claiming that Tora-san is her father! Fortunately, Tora-san arrives home and explains everything. Junko has mistaken him as her father because he has always sent money to Junko"s mother, thanking her for her hospitality when he was very desperate in Yamagata about ten years ago. When Junko tells him that her mother has passed away a year ago, he is crushed and determined to visit her mother"s grave... When Tora-san comes back, an archeology student Reiko (Kashiyama Fumie) comes to rent the place, and he takes this opportunity to pursue learning, and love. However, her teacher Keiji is also there, which makes it difficult for Tora-san.