日和银行涉嫌金融犯罪，因此遭到警视厅搜查二课的调查。大批警力进驻日和所在的大厦，成为轰动一时的社会新闻。中年警官岛崎洋平（奥田瑛二 饰）作为搜查课一员，不久便陷入两难的境地。供职于日和银行的富冈和夫是洋平大学时代柔道部的学弟，他同时曾担任过洋平两个儿子的柔道教练。正就读于庆应大学的长子岛崎丈太郎（奥村知史 饰）志愿进入日和银行，富冈利用这千丝万缕的利害关系诱使洋平透露搜查的细节，直接导致警方核算行动的失败。这起事件令洋平和丈太郎以及次子真次（高良健吾 饰）之间的关系变得愈加微妙和紧张。不久，富冈突然身亡，岛崎一家也坠入一个黑暗漩涡…… 本片根据今野敏的同名原著改编，为奥田瑛二执导的首部电视剧集。

In 1838, the prisoners on Hachijo Island represent the furthest extreme of Japanese society. Instead of execution, they have been forced to eke out a dismal existence on the island, without help or support of any kind from those back on the main four islands.

High school student Mariko sings in the choir at the all-girls school she attends, and her biggest dream right now is to go to a music college. One day on her way home from school, she accidentally drops her bookbag into the sea. A man jumps into the water and recovers the bag for her, but all of her score sheets have been ruined. From that day on, Mariko’s new acquaintance becomes her bodyguard, walking her home everyday. But for some reason, he refuses to tell her his name.

今日子（安藤樱 饰）同丈夫和婆婆一家人过着风平浪静的生活，无奈厄运选中了她的家庭，今日子的丈夫患上了重病卧床不起。为了维持生计，今日子进入了一家保险公司工作成为了销售员，然而却因为业绩糟糕而面临着被解雇的结局。想要保住工作的今日子不得不答应了上司提出的非分要求，沦为了他的玩物。没过多久，这段扭曲的关系便传到了婆家人的耳中，今日子被赶出了家门。 修一（柄本佑 饰）出生在一个并不美满的家庭之中。郁郁不得志的父亲终日依靠酒精麻痹自我，喝醉了便对妻子和儿子拳脚相加，无法忍耐父亲的暴力，修一在一场意外中失手导致了父亲的死亡，等待着他的是漫长的牢狱生活。出狱后的修一来到了东京，在那里，他遇见了同样一无所有的今日子。

A lonely retired girl's High School Principal who's lost his wife to alcoholism moves to an old apartment in a country town. There he forms a relationship with a neglected little neighborhood girl.

Incredibly indolent cop Tomokawa spends his time making fun of his mentally challenged friend Sukemasa, riding his bike all over the city and sleeping with married women. But his whole world changes when he meets Yoko.