《男人之苦》第16集，十七岁妙龄少女顺子（樱田淳子饰）找上门，声称寅次郎（渥美清饰）是她老豆！幸好寅刚回到柴又的家，得以澄清一切。原来十多年前在山形县，寅飢寒交迫之际，受过少女母亲阿雪的热饭，一生难忘，自此每年寄钱给阿雪，谁知令顺子误会他就是生父。寅从顺子口中得知阿雪去年过了身，伤心不已，遂独自到山形县扫墓。当寅得悉阿雪生前埋怨自己没有学识，所以被男人所骗，一生受苦之后，他马上立志求学，发奋图强。回到老家寅记，刚好来了一个考古学研究生的租客礼子〔[木坚]山文枝饰），寅自然把握机会向美人求学。岂料礼子身边有一个亲密的大学教授（小林桂树饰），他博学多才，狂野豪爽，且一直暗恋礼子……寅在情场再遇大敌。　　The 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.