| Director | Yōji Yamada |
|---|---|
| Genre | comedy film |
| Runtime | 91 min |
| Country | Japan |
After running away after a fight at his home at age 14, Torajiro ("Tora") Kuruma returns for the first time in 20 years to the neighborhood where he was born, Shibamata in Katsushika, Tokyo. He comes back in the middle of Taishakuten temple's Koshin Shinko Festival. After jumping into the festival procession, he has a teary reunion with his uncle, aunt, and his sister Sakura at "Toraya," a Japanese confectionary shop that his aunt and uncle lives and works at.
The next day, he joins his sister at her matchmaking meeting (Miai) with the son of a company president. However, Tora's boorish and drunken behavior at the meeting ruins Sakura's chances of marriage. After getting into a huge physical fight with his uncle over his behavior at the meeting, he leaves the house.
He ends up at Nara the next month, while traveling and guiding abroad guests. While there, he meets and falls in love with a young woman named Fuyuko, the daughter of the Gozen-sama (while on vacation). They return to Shibamata and spend time together as if they were a couple.
Meanwhile, Sakura meets a print shop worker, Hiroshi. However, Tora does not initially approve of the marriage as he had not gone to college. As a result, Hiroshi asks Tora to see if Sakura likes him. This plan unfortunately fails. However, as a result, Hiroshi is able to talk about his honest feelings directly to Sakura. Now loving Hiroshi, Sakura asks Tora if she could get married with Hiroshi, in which Tora finally approves.
While Sakura and Hiroshi get married, Tora's relationship with Fuyuko is fleeting. Though at first they continued to spend time, eventually Fuyuko is introduced to another man (a college professor). To make matters worse, his family (and Taro "Octopus/Tako" Ume) find out about this embarrassing event. Broken-hearted, Tora leaves the house. Though his best friend Noboru comes with him to Ueno Station, stating that he wanted to be like Tora, Tora gets upset with the statement and slaps him.
One year later, Tora writes a letter of advice for Fuyuko, asking her to help take care of his sister and her new baby. Meanwhile Tora reunites with Noboru and spends time together.