A mysterious video has been linked to a number of deaths, and when an inquisitive journalist finds the tape and views it herself, she sets in motion a chain of events that puts her own life in danger.

因为家庭的不幸，女高中生二宫兰（樱井幸子 饰）一直以来都过着充满了痛苦和压抑的生活，而一直支撑着兰继续活下去的，是她的坚强和乐观。学校里新来了一位生物老师，32岁的他名叫羽村隆夫（真田广之 饰）。一个是为人师表的中年男子，一个是情窦初开的纯洁少女，就是这样的两人是，他们相爱了。 终于，兰的父亲得知了女儿和老师之间的背德恋情，不择手段的他开始想方设法拆散两人。一段违背了伦常道德的感情究竟能走多远？兰和隆夫着两个从不愿意伤害他人的善良之人，痛苦和悲哀却并没有因此而远离他们，在泪水和笑容之中，在爱和恨之间，苦苦挣扎的男子和女子会迎来怎样的结局？

Seibei Iguchi leads a difficult life as a low ranking samurai at the turn of the nineteenth century. A widower with a meager income, Seibei struggles to take care of his two daughters and senile mother. New prospects seem to open up when the beautiful Tomoe, a childhood friend, comes back into he and his daughters' life, but as the Japanese feudal system unravels, Seibei is still bound by the code of honor of the samurai and by his own sense of social precedence. How can he find a way to do what is best for those he loves?