Based on the novel "Ekimae Ryokan" by Masuji Ibuse, a longtime hotel employee struggles to bring his old-fashioned ryokan in line with postwar Japanese business practices.
Includes: A Comedy in Front of the Station: University, A Comedy in Front of the Station: Onsen, A Comedy in Front of the Station: Lunchbox, The Hotelman's Holiday, A Comedy in Front of the Station: Benten, A Comedy in Front of the Station: Manga, A Comedy in Front of the Station: Pier, A Hundred-Years' Comedy in Front of the Station, An Urban Affair, A Comedy in Front of the Station: Chinese Restaurant, A Comedy in Front of the Station: Teapot, Hot Spring Ghost, A Comedy in Front of the Station: Landlady