Maki Izumi

「男はつらいよ」シリーズ第22作。旅の途中、静岡県の大井川にかかる蓬莱橋で雲水（大滝秀治）に、“女難の相”があると見立てられた寅さん。早速、失恋した小島瞳（泉ピン子）を慰める。さらに、木曽路をゆくバスの中で、博の父・飈一郎（志村喬）と再会。「今昔物語」を例えに“人生の儚さ”を教えられ、柴又へ戻ってくる。ちょうどその頃、とらやには、美しい女店員・荒川早苗（大原麗子）がつとめていた。美人の出現に「今昔物語」もなんのその、張り切る寅さんだったが…

Seijuro Fujihana, head master of the Fujihana dance school, is a proud and lonely artist. And because of his character, his group lacks the prosperity of others. He wishes his daughter Kasumi, gifted like himself, to take over and develop the Fujihana, but she wishes to marry Hiroshi, head of a jazz band which her father opposes. Kisaburo, Seijuro's No.1 disciple, wants to marry Kasumi and take over the Fujihana with the backing of the chairman of the supporters' association.

A detective tries to outwit a jewel thief who has kidnapped the daughter of a jeweler to get to an exquisite diamond.

Police investigators investigate the link between a serial killer's machinations and a young man who committed suicide.