木村拓哉饰演的是隶属于大型建筑公司的建筑师·狩山陆，他把自己的人生都寄托在桥梁建设上，但是遇到了意想不到的困难…

1942年7月，太平洋战争期间。日军为了保障送往缅甸、印度方向的物资供给，于是开始了总长415公里的泰缅铁路的建设。为了这条著名的“死亡铁路”，来自英国、澳大利亚、荷兰等同盟国的6万多名俘虏和超过25万名亚洲劳力被投入建设队伍之中。这条当年英国断言“需要十年”才能铺设的铁路，仅仅用了1年3个月便交付竣工。在高速建设的同时，由于粮食、药品供应不足，作业环境极其恶劣。加上霍乱、痢疾等传染病蔓延，导致1万3千名同盟国俘虏葬身于此，另有数万人劳动力燃尽生命。名为永濑隆的男人战时担任泰国方面铁路建设的陆军翻译，战后则跟随同盟国前往当地寻找俘虏们的坟茔。1964年后，他偕同妻子重走故地，一生总共到访泰国多达135次。此外，他从1965年开始向来日的泰国留学生提供住宿，1986年成立桂河和平基金，以资助泰国留学生的学业。曾经亲历过战争的老人，用余生去描绘和平的彩虹……

Vasilisa Kremneva (Maria Kozhevnikova)-senior employee of the press center of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation. She has just been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, but Vasilisa has long dreamed of doing real work. After all, instead of catching criminals, she is forced to work as a "talking head" - to tell the audience about the achievements of law enforcement agencies. However, despite all her requests, the authorities (Emmanuel Vitorgan) refuse to transfer the beauty, who has long become the" face " of the Committee, to operational work. Radically change the life of a girl helps the case.

The story of one man's grief following the death of his wife. The film captures a desperate journey, played out against isolated highland landscapes.

The story of a young man who convinces his roommate he's a secret agent.

A journey of love and finding ones true self in a time of crisis.

After being continually kicked out of boarding schools, Ben is sent to live with his stern Grandfather in a small town. Almost as soon as he arrives he begins to see the ghost of a woman around his grandfather's house. He also gets to know a girl named Kathrine and the two fast become friends. They both want to help the ghost who holds a connection to both of their families. As they research the past, Ben and Katherine find out that sometimes all you need to do to help someone is to believe.

Chaya, a school teacher in India, is telling the story of Diwali to her pupils. At the same time in the US, Murray who is a war photographer is about to meet his family for the first time after a tour in Afghanistan with the US Army. Pablo, a kid from a township in Argentina is looking at a crowd in the local village square. His father has gone to find him a horse for the annual race. Chaya, Murray and Pablo are about to simultaneously face a crucial moment of their respective lives...They will change forever!

本剧作为朝日电视台建台65周年纪念作品，讲述了对桥梁建设充满热情的建筑设计师·狩山陆，遭遇了“被关押在监狱里”这样意想不到的困难，但他从未放弃，而是一直摸索着希望与再生之路。难以预料又扣人心弦的悬疑物语和惊心动魄又荡气回肠的人性故事交织在一起，谱写出一部宏大的戏剧。

在本片中，木村饰演的是隶属于大型建筑公司的建筑设计师·狩山陆，他把自己的人生都寄托在桥梁建设上，但是遇到了意想不到的困难…