《男人之苦》系列的第三集。寅次郎在叔父、母和妹妹的慫恿下，又回到了柴又老家。兩老為了要他留下來，想出了一條絕世好橋。給他做媒，把女孩子一個又一個地帶來跟他相親，但結果連兩老也出乎意料之外 - 寅次郎自己做不成新郎哥，反而總是撮合了對方的一段姻緣，而且老是害得叔父、母破財埋單。寅次郎黯然繼續上路，但才不過一段路的過程，便又自作多情，墮入愛河‥‥

被譽為《男人之苦》系列中的顛峰之作。淺丘瑠璃子飾演的酒吧歌女莉莉繼第11集《寅次郎毋忘我》後第二度登場。寅次郎與離婚後的莉莉重遇，兩人今次感情突飛猛進，還經常手拖手逛街。正當各人以為寅和莉莉天生一對，慫恿他們共諧連理之際，寅卻狠狠地拒絕了這頭婚事，因為他相信：「莉莉是一隻季候鳥──受傷了回家休息，醫好了便展翅翱翔，留不低停不下──像我一樣。」無腳雀仔的鼻祖原來是寅次郎！
Considered the best film in the series, Tora-san Meets the Songstress Again marked the second appearance of Asaoka Ruriko as Lily, the club singer whom Tora encountered in Tora-san's Forget Me Not. Love seems to have blossomed between Tora and the now-divorced Lily, but contrary to the beliefs of friends and family, marriage is not on the minds of the lovers.

《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，遂獨自到山形縣掃墓。當寅得悉阿雪生前埋怨自己沒有學識，所以被男人所騙，一生受苦之後，他馬上立志求學，發奮圖強。回到老家寅記，剛好來了一個考古學研究生的租客禮子〔[木堅]山文枝飾），寅自然把握機會向美人求學。豈料禮子身邊有一個親密的大學教授（小林桂樹飾），他博學多才，狂野豪爽，且一直暗戀禮子……寅在情場再遇大敵。
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.

日菲混血的早川维托（松本润 饰）因为自己的身份从小受尽欺负，而他还是保持着一颗纯净的心绽放着笑容，感激着细微的美好。在家庭式食品公司打工的他梦想有朝一日拥有自己的料理店；因为一起事故，让少女三岛花（新垣结衣 饰）丧失了说话的能力，不能说话的花却不曾沮丧，依旧元气满满。被维托解救于书店的花因而对维托心生好感；打扮浮夸看似毫不真诚的律师伊东一马（中井贵一 饰）实则却很有能力且拥有难以言说的辛酸往事。
三人因为维托的公寓被查出藏有毒品一事，而联系在了一起。慢慢被道出来的是三人不堪回首的过往，残留在现在的却是嘴边的微笑，面对伤痛和不公，惟有笑着活下去，一出温暖的治愈故事微笑含泪绽放。

亮（吉冈秀隆饰）与家里的父亲发生了冲突，离家旅行到一个小镇，遇到了一家影院的经理活男（西田敏行饰），并留了下来工作，在影院工作的还有放映师常先生（田中邦卫饰），并认识了开咖啡店的八重子（田中裕子饰）。活男一直喜欢八重子，可惜后来终未能如愿，八重子离开了小镇。

2013 film by Hitoshi Matsumoto

故事发生在一座小小的渔村之中，在时间的洪流里，这座小渔村渐渐失去了往日的辉煌，人口老龄化、旅游业衰败等各种各样的问题接踵而至。著名的指挥家吉川生活在这里，他手下的一支交响乐团成为了村民们心灵的唯一慰藉，然而，年迈的吉川终于还是撒手人寰，而等待着他的交响乐园的，只有解散的命运，这也就意味着，在这个闭塞的小村落里，人人热爱的交响乐即将成为绝响。
就在这个节骨眼上，吉川的孙女美咲（有村架纯 饰）出现在了村民们的面前，曾经，美咲凭借着优秀的音乐天赋活跃在业内，但如今的她却坚称自己对指挥一窍不通。绿（释由美子 饰）是交响乐团的团员之一，她将美咲视为最后的救命稻草。

桐山零（神木隆之介 饰）是将棋界公认的天才，年仅17岁的他便已经成为了一名职业棋手，在棋盘上打败了无数年长与他许多的对手。实际上，零拥有着悲惨的过去，他的家人们很早之前在一场可怕的车祸中全部去世了，之后，零被父亲的好友收养。养父是一名将棋爱好者，为了让养父开心，零没日没夜的研究着棋谱，却不曾想自己不经意的举动造成了这个家庭的分崩离析。
最终，零决定离开养父家独自生活，在他看来，只要不依靠任何人，不和任何产生关联，便不会伤害任何人。然而，善良又热情的川本三姐妹闯入了零的生活，一直讲零视为是自己的宿敌的二海堂晴信（染谷将太 饰）也令零渐渐走出了孤独。

The story is set in 1970 during the time of the first EXPO in Japan. The film’s main figure is a miner who suddenly becomes unemployed because the mine he worked in was shut down. He decides to resettle with his whole family to Hokkaido in northern Japan and start a new life as a farmer.

1969 film. 1st entry in "Otoko wa Tsurai yo" series.

Director Ogata discovers a new female star in Koharu Tanaka, who works selling candy at a studio theater and she is given a part as a bit player. After the studio's top leading lady is embroiled in a scandal, Koharu is suddenly thrust into the limelight when she replaces her in a film and gains instant fame and fortune. But the going is not always easy, and she soon seeks help from unexpected quarters.

After an encounter with a dying yakuza's son and at his sister Sakura's urging, Torajiro attempts to change his vagrant lifestyle and become an honest worker with a steady job.

2013 film by Hiroshi Nishitani

该片是系列第50部作品，由新拍摄的部分与旧作名场面组合而成，主演是已经去世的渥美清，倍赏千惠子、前田吟、吉冈秀隆等共演。