A couple years have passed, Matsuzaki is divorced and has a daughter and is still up to his old compulsive gambling, boozing and womanizing even as he stares middle age in the face. At his daughter's school he meets a teacher who's similarily obsessed with horserace betting and who's also frigid - something he does his best to therapize. He also reconnects with his ex-wife, who just so happens to be the literary agent and love interest of another writer of the gambling genre. An epic gambling battle between the two ensues.

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。