A former aristocratic family faces financial hardship and their daughter is introduced to a nice man in the auto repair business, the hope being that a marriage might be of economic assistance to the family. The daughter's family finds it hard to accept this kind of idea and the young man is uncomfortable with the difference in their social standing. However, everything works out in the end and a happy marriage takes place.
虽然哲夫也爱上了温柔美丽的杏子，但向来过惯了自由自在生活的他却从来没有想过要和杏子结婚。虽然杏子和哲夫约定自己先回东京等他，但哲夫却并没有勇气赴约。 终于，杏子识破了哲夫满口的谎言，知道自己一直都在被他玩弄着感情，悲伤和痛苦之中，她选择和一名公司总裁结婚了。蜜月时，这一对新婚夫妇再度来到了三藩市，在那里，他们和哲夫重逢了。
袁三伦（小泽正治饰演）年轻时遇到了一位非常善良的老师，所以他一生的目标就是成为一名像他一样的老师。从师范学校毕业后，袁三伦被送到一所偏远的农村小学工作。那里的孩子从小就出生在贫困家庭，有很多问题。难缠的家长和固执的学校领导让三伦园举步维艰。
