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.