伴随着现代社会的越加成熟，晚婚现象越来越严重，独身主义者也越来越多。以前过了40岁还没有结婚的人会遭人侧目，现在则已经再平常不过。而随着这一现象的逐渐普遍，日本人少生孩子或者不生孩子，女性不再只能在家相夫教子，而是可以和男人们一起在工作上打拼江山。现今日本社会已经面临这一翻天覆地的变化，这也成为了新时代日本人的课题。
本剧就是讲述独身主义的主人公，最终怎样走向结婚的道路。
阿部宽扮演的主人公桑野信介是一个广受好评的室内设计师，但工作能力极强的他性格却不太合群。虽然因为英挺的外表和能力很受女性欢迎，但和信介交往有了认识之后，女性们往往会因为她怪僻的性格而离开，这么多次以后，让信介变得认为恋爱、结婚根本没有必要，决定干脆抱独身主义，但实际上信介内心是寂寞的。随着时间的推移，信介身边先后出现了对他产生不小影响的女性，这三个人都是优秀、独立且出众的现代女性，她们都令信介相当心动，究竟最终结局会如何呢，信介会和其中一人结婚吗？还是所有人都各走各路？
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「第50 回 アカデミー赏=日剧学院赏」最佳作品
「第50 回 アカデミー赏=日剧学院赏」最佳男主角 ：阿部宽
「第50 回 アカデミー赏=日剧学院赏」最佳女配角 ：夏川结衣
「第50 回 アカデミー赏=日剧学院赏」最佳编剧 ：尾崎将也
「第50 回 アカデミー赏=日剧学院赏」最佳导演 ：三宅喜重、小松隆志、植田尚
「第50 回 アカデミー赏=日剧学院赏」特别奖 ：ken

2003 film directed by Peter Webber

Slaking a thirst for dangerous games, Kathryn challenges her stepbrother, Sebastian, to deflower their headmaster's daughter before the summer ends. If he succeeds, the prize is the chance to bed Kathryn. But if he loses, Kathryn will claim his most prized possession.

Lucy Harmon, an American teenager is arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to be sculpted by a family friend who lives in a beautiful villa. Lucy visited there four years earlier and exchanged a kiss with an Italian boy with whom she hopes to become reacquainted.

After losing his job and wife, and spending time in a institution, a former teacher winds up living with his parents. He wants to rebuild his life and reconcile with his wife, but his father would be happy if he shared his obsession with the Philadelphia Eagles. Things get complicated when he meets a woman, who offers to help him reconnect with his wife, if he will do something very important for her in exchange.

As adults, best friends Julien and Sophie continue the odd game they started as children -- a fearless competition to outdo one another with daring and outrageous stunts. While they often act out to relieve one another's pain, their game might be a way to avoid the fact that they are truly meant for one another.