Tora-san's family is gathered around the TV wondering where he could be. And there he is on the tube! He had made his way to Kobe after the earthquake and volunteered as a rescue worker. A different kind of rescue operation later awaits him when his nephew, shocked at his girlfriend's announcing her engagement to someone else, disrupts the ensuing wedding reception. Fleeing to his uncle, he confesses all and Tora-san works hard to bring the couple together.