Tora-san returns to his family home to learn that his brother-in-law cannot go to Mitsuo's (Tora-san's nephew) athletic event. Tora-san volunteers to take his place, but gets into an argument with his brother-in-law's boss and returns to the road. He meets a young woman in Niigata who, unbeknownst to him, is a popular enka singer.

Kiyoshi Atsumi
as Torajiro Kuruma

Chieko Baisho
as Sakura

Masami Shimojō
as Uncle

Chieko Misaki
as Aunty

Gin Maeda
as Hiroshi

Hisao Dazai
as President

Gajirō Satō
as Genko

Hidetaka Yoshioka
as Mitsuo

Tanie Kitabayashi
as

Senri Sakurai
as