Summary
At Waseda University, roommates Okada and Kato navigate the precarious balance of student life, romance, and mounting debt. When Kato receives a tailor's bill he can't pay, he lies to Okada, claiming it's a love letter. The lie spirals when the tailor decides to stage a sit-in at their lodgings. In a desperate move to clear his name and his debt, Kato pawns Okada’s clothes, leading to a series of humiliating public encounters and wardrobe malfunctions when Okada’s father arrives for a surprise visit. What follows is a frantic comedy of errors involving ill-fitting suits and disgruntled girlfriends.
Synopsis
Okada and Kato, students at 'W' [i.e. Waseda] University, in Tokyo, live in the same lodgings. One morning, Kato receives a tailor's bill. Okada has seen the letter arrive, so Kato tells him it's from his girlfriend. Shortly after, the tailor himself turns up and eventually spends the whole day sitting in at the students' lodgings. Okada, meanwhile, goes to the park with his girlfriend Miyoko and spends a pleasant day there. The following Sunday, Kato goes for a walk with his girlfriend Yuriko. Coming home by bus, they bump into the tailor, who berates Kato about the unpaid bill. This puts Yuriko in a bad mood. Later, the tailor comes to their lodgings again, and, unable to stand up to his pressing demands, Kato gives him Okada's clothes, which are in the next room, in place of the money he owes. Okada's father is due to arrive on a visit to Tokyo, so Okada has no alternative but to borrow Kato's clothes, which do not fit him. Miyoko arrives, then Yuriko also turns up. Misunderstandings ensue. But in the end, the two couples go on to enjoy the pleasant days of youth.
