In a future where World War II never ended, Japan is decimated by nightly bombings. The only building left standing is known as the Media Station, a broadcasting center responsible for all of Japan's entertainment.

该剧改编自知名漫画家井浦秀夫的同名人气漫画原作「刑事弓神」（小学馆《Big Comic Original》[青年半月刊]连载中）。浅野忠信饰演拥有独特推理力和观察力，不带任何先入为主的观念，用敏锐眼光洞察人性的阴暗面，为了追求事实真相甚至不惜采用违法手段的的刑警弓神适当；神木隆之介饰演成绩优秀，老实认真，具有强烈正义感的新人刑警羽生虎夫。剧中羽生在弓神手下被呼来喝去，两位极具差异性的搭档将一起合作解决各种疑难案件。该剧采用一集一案件的形式呈现，每集都会有不同的豪华演员加盟。

孤狼一匹的私家侦探増泽磐二（浅野忠信 饰）偶然在雨夜帮助了酒醉的男子原田保（绫野刚 饰）。保是当红女明星原田志津香（太田莉菜 饰）的丈夫，却因婚变搞得落魄不堪。一来二去增泽和保交上朋友，然而不久后保涉嫌杀害志津香逃遁台湾。增泽因协助逃亡遭到警方审讯和殴打，而他在押期间则 传来保自杀身亡的噩耗。由于志津香的父亲原田平藏（柄本明 饰）是横跨商界和政界的明日之星，所以警方和媒体受其势力的影响集体选择缄默。出狱后的增泽被告知禁止再调查此案，可是美艳人妻上井户亚以子（小雪 饰）、冷艳美女高村世志乃（富永爱 饰）等人交替出现，又将增泽拉入那宗扑朔迷离的悬案泥潭。真相究竟为何…… 本片根据美国作家雷蒙德·钱德勒的原作改编。

Set in Tokyo in 1940, the peaceful life of the Nogami Family suddenly changes when the father, Shigeru, is arrested and accused of being a Communist. His wife Kayo works frantically from morning to night to maintain the household and bring up her two daughters with the support of Shigeru's sister Hisako and Shigeru's ex-student Yamazaki, but her husband does not return. WWII breaks out and casts dark shadows on the entire country, but Kayo still tries to keep her cheerful determination, and sustain the family with her love. This is an emotional drama of a mother and an eternal message for peace.