今日子和修一的故事

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。Kyoko works as an insurance agent. To regain her family's happiness, she becomes involved in a relationship with her boss. Because of that relationship, she is by her family and has to leave her hometown. Shuichi killed his drunken father to save his mother. After he is released from prison, he begins to work at a small factory in Tokyo. Kyoko and Shuichi, who both left their hometowns, begin to live in Tokyo, but they face the after effects of an unprecedented earthquake and tsunami.