塞伦盖蒂是非洲坦桑尼亚的一大片草原。每年一次,在干旱时期,大约有200万只像羚羊这样的动物向北迁徙觅食和交配,然后在那里的植物开始开花时再次向南迁徙。。在卡秋莎的婚礼上,一个女人大闹婚礼现场,并说她的丈夫最爱的是她,现场乱作一团。卡秋莎对此耿耿于怀,一直走不出阴影,她的朋友们多方劝解,希望她能放下过去,开始新的恋情……。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.。