方家老大方剑辉是一名烹饪主持人,成熟稳重的他对两名弟弟多般照顾,因此到三十岁都没有女朋友;老二方剑郎是个娘娘腔的花花公子,纵使有空姐女友天红,但他仍周旋与众多女友之间,后来更认识美艳的Beautiful后引发了一段感情纠纷,郎最终还是浪子回头;小弟方剑笙是个单纯害羞的漫画家,偶然遇上了活泼少女莹莹后发展了一段纯洁的爱情。
一次偶然的电话故障,也让方剑辉认识离婚妇人吴芬芳,两人发展顺利,但却因为帮忙弟弟剑郎掩盖风流债,让芬芳误以为剑辉是个勾三搭四的人,众人决定帮剑辉挽回即将失去的爱情……。香港黑社会斧头帮老大“吕天生”黑吃黑私吞了老虎帮高斌(许绍雄饰)从中东走私来的钻石,谈判不成演变成火拼,混战中“吕天生”被人开枪打死,小混混“刘浪”(钱嘉乐饰)被诬为杀人犯,高斌以找回钻石才为其洗脱罪名为条件,威逼“刘浪”狂命寻钻石…为找寻钻石的下落,“刘浪”刻意接近吕天生的老婆林凤(杨恭如饰)。
此时,各路黑帮闻讯蜂拥而至,为抢钻石而亡命火拼。林凤——这个弱不禁风而又命运多桀的乡下姑娘的命运从此改变——她既要保护被那些亡命之徒威胁要随时当作人质的儿子;又要藏好那批引起各路黑帮垂涎的钻石;既要面对“刘浪”甜言蜜语的诱惑;又要守护自己对丈夫的忠贞……
危难中“刘浪”与“林凤”擦出激情的火花,“刘浪”在亡命中幡然醒悟:名利诚可贵,生命价更高!黑道生涯原是梦!!于是勇敢的独自面对生与死的挑战……。山田日後承認在開拍此片之前,已心諳渥美清的肺病步入末期,決定此章為最後一章,並安排由淺丘瑠璃子演的莉莉送寅次郎踏上人生的最後一程。分別15年後,兩人於如詩如畫的奄美大島重逢,感情依舊,鬥氣繼續,沒完沒了似的。正如山田所想,雖然系列必須完結,但始終不想為寅次郎的故事/人生劃上句號。結局如常開放,代表寅一直繼續他的旅程,日本人依然有夢。
公映後翌年,渥美清病逝,享年68歲,本片亦成為他的遺作。
Yamada knew before production began that Atsumi's health has deteriorated to such an extent that Tora-san to the Rescue would be the last film in the series. He decided to let Lily accompany Tora on his last trip. The lovers reunite after fifteen years in the picturesque Amami O Shima, and the affections as well as the bickering remain. Although the series must come to its conclusion, Yamada has deliberately left the film's ending open, so as not to let the curtain fall on "Tora-san". Atsumi Kiyosh passed away at the age of 68 in the year following the film's release, making this film his last.。