故事发生在1964年的日本东京，谷田部峰子（有村架纯 饰）出生在风景秀丽民风淳朴的小小山村之中，过着悠闲散漫，自由自在的生活。对于峰子来说，她的未来就是成为别人家的媳妇然后在操劳洒扫中度过平凡的一生，然而一场意外的发生颠覆了峰子对未来的全部设想。 高中三年级那一年，峰子那在东京打工补贴家用的父亲谷田部实（泽村一树 饰）突然失去了下落，音信全无，峰子如此这般的踏上了前往东京的寻父旅途。刚刚开完奥运会的东京经济十分低迷，找不到工作的峰子最终流落到了西餐厅铃振亭，成为了那里的厨师。在不断的接触到各种各样的顾客的过程中，峰子自身也取得了了不起的成长。

Botchan (Kazunari Ninomiya) has sense of strong justice and does not lie. He is offered a teaching job at a middle in a small village far away from his hometown of Tokyo. Botchan accepts the position and begins to work as a math teacher. The assistant principle there wields absolute power. Botchan has a hard time dealing with his fellow teachers and the students.

20世纪90年代，泡沫经济破灭的艰苦年代，在某大型公司上班的OL冬木亚纪（永作博美 饰）自强干练，专注干出一番不输于男儿的事业。此前她曾与海外事业部的同期佐藤康（江口洋介 饰）相恋，但最终赌气分手，从此失之交臂。亚纪一步一个脚印，事业小有起色之际结交了趣味相投的男友纯平（池内博之 饰）。她的弟弟雅人（三浦贵大 饰）和患有先心的沙织结婚，瘦小的沙织顽强而徒劳地和命运做着抗争。另一方面，佐藤的婚姻出现问题，身体状况也江河日下。他和亚纪彼此挂念，隔岸眺望，各自回忆着那次大雪之日的归乡旅程。缘分就是这样让人慨叹唏嘘，一旦错过便再难牵手。爱如此之美，又如此易碎易失…… 本片根据白石一文的原作改编。

"Hankyu Densha" follows the lives of various people who commute on Hankyu Railway's Imazu Line - connecting the cities of Nishinomiya and Takarazuka in Hyogo prefecture. One of the commuters is Shoko (Miki Nakatani), an office worker in her 30s who lost her boyfriend to a younger colleague. There's also a college student (Erika Toda) who is so easily persuaded by her no good boyfriend. Other commuters include a grandmother & granddaughter, a house wife, a female high school student, and a female otaku college student. Although the train ride takes only 15 minutes between two stations, the lives of these commuters are changed as they interact with each other...