Tora-san spends several days at the home of a hard-working salaryman (“salaried worker”), who abruptly disappears. When the man’s wife asks Tora-san to help find him, he falls in love…

A samurai answers a village’s request for protection after he falls on hard times. The town needs protection from bandits, so the samurai gathers six others to help him teach…

A childless middle-aged couple faces a marital crisis of sorts.

A fishing union depends on two brothers to make up the losses caused by the dishonest captains they replaced.