Tora-san arrives in Shibamata on Mitsuo's first day of school only to find that on his account, Mitsuo was embarrassed. After a fight with his family, he goes to a bar to drink, then brings home a surly old man with a sad story, whose identity will surprise everyone. Later, Tora meets Botan, a geisha.

Beautiful violin virtuoso Camille has two obsessions: the music of Ravel, and a friend of her husband's who crafts violins. But his heart seems to be as cold as her playing is passionate.

《约定之冬》是宫本辉经典的长篇小说代表作，本书采用双线叙事的手法，娓娓道来两个动人的故事。 十年前，二十二岁的冰见留美子，在街角被一位少年拦住，递上神秘情书，上面写着 “你见过在天上飞的蜘蛛吗？我见过。十年后的生日，我就二十六岁了。十二月五日。那天早上，我会在地图标示的地方等你。如果天气好，这里应该可以看到很多小蜘蛛起飞。到时候，我要向你求婚。谢谢你看完这封奇怪的信。— 须藤俊国” 留美子只当是恶作剧，并不理睬。情书被搁置在家中一角。 如今，十年过去了，信中约定的期限将至，少年真的在那里等待她吗？ 冰见留美子的邻居上原桂二郎，是一家厨具公司老板，妻子去世后一直单身。某日，他去拜访亡妻前夫的父亲，交谈中得知，亡妻前夫芳之曾在年少时卷入一宗盗窃案，并摔坏了昂贵的怀表，他向怀表主人约定，自己长大后将赚钱赔偿，然而数年后，芳之在工作时意外身亡，只留下妻子和一个儿子。就这样，桂二郎受亡妻前夫父亲的委托，帮忙寻找当年怀表的主人…… 一封神秘的情书，一笔寻找失主的赔款……等待的留美子和寻找的桂二郎，两起看似不相关的事件，随着故事的开展，慢慢地如蛛丝般纵横交错，由“约定”所引发的人与人之间的分离、相逢、相爱、背叛、束缚也慢慢浮现……

An acclaimed writer, his ex-wife, and their teenaged children come to terms with the complexities of love in all its forms over the course of one tumultuous year.

On the road again, Torajiro meets a kindred spirit in Lily, a lounge singer.

2019 film directed by Robert Rodriguez

1991 film directed by Jörg Buttgereit

1987 West-German sexploitation film

While Sakura and Hiroshi struggle to save funds to build a house, Torajiro befriends three young women on vacation during his travels.

After a quarrel with his mother, Torajiro sets off to find a bride.

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.

寅次郎赚了些钱，决定要请照顾妹妹多年的叔叔、婶婶，参加旅行社的豪华团去趟夏威夷。两老要出国的消息很快传遍了整个柴又!但命运总爱捉弄寅次郎，替他安排行程的经济人携款潜逃，叫他们好梦成空 。为了免遭人奚落，他们决定晚上才摸黑回柴又，然后躲它个三、五天再现身......

Murphy is an American living in Paris who enters a highly sexually and emotionally charged relationship with the unstable Electra. Unaware of the seismic effect it will have on their relationship, they invite their pretty neighbor into their bed.

A young man is plunged into a life of subterfuge, deceit and mistaken identity in pursuit of a femme fatale whose heart is never quite within his grasp.

2002 film by Pedro Almodóvar

1977 film by Eldar Ryazanov

《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‥‥

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Kuruma Torajiro is discovered looking around Kyoto for someone special to him.

In the spring of 1999, a group of old friends gather to celebrate their 20 year reunion. Among the group is Yeong-ho, a cold, unhappy man, whose demeanor puts a damper on the festivities. The seriousness of Yeong-ho's depression becomes apparent when he climbs a railroad bridge and looks like he might jump. At this crucial moment, memories of seven crucial episodes from Yeong-ho's past flood his mind.