关西电视台月十剧1993年「特選！黒のサスペンス」部分的其中一作。 　　接受胃溃疡手术的文惠（桃井薰饰）得知自己已是癌症晚期。这一天，文惠突然去世的妹妹的丈夫守幸（丰川悦司饰）带着年轻的再婚对象照美（川上麻衣子饰）来了。看到这一幕的文惠，联想到自己死后，丈夫也会轻易再婚，陷入了复杂的心境。在跟好朋友（庄野真代饰）聊天后，文惠产生了杀死丈夫的 想法……

A young writer goes to Paris. He meets in the train a young woman forced to marry a wealthy casino manager in Monte Carlo. His true love for the girl is about to direct him to Monte Carlo and to turn himself into a compulsive gambler. He'll lose his money, his integrity and his principles to save this girl from her future while fighting the demon of gambling with the most powerful weapon a man can have: love.

沃尔伯格饰演的吉姆·本内特（Jim Bennett）既是大学英语文学教授，又是一个大手笔的赌徒。他让学生打假球，使自己在赌局中牟利。随着赌瘾日渐加深，他的生活陷入万劫不复之中。由于债台高筑，他不得不已自己的生命为代价，向一位高利贷大佬弗兰克借债。

In 1866, a young Muscovite named Alexei Ivanovitch arrives in Baden Baden, then the gambling capital of Austria, and is soon engaged by General Zagorianski to look after his children. Alexei discovers that his employer is a compulsive gambler who has been almost ruined by his addiction. The only money the General has is provided by the Marquis de Grieux, an adventurer who intends to marry Zagorianski’s sister, Pauline. In doing so, de Grieux hopes to profit from the vast inheritance that will come the General’s way from his Aunt Antonina, who is presently very ill. Alexei is appalled by this society which lives only for money. He loves Pauline and wants to take her to a healthier place, but when she refuses to marry him, he begins to gamble at the casino…

某次医疗研讨会在静冈县的沼津市召开，会上光荣医疗的销售部长小池邦彦（石黑贤 饰）和部下冈村隆明（辻本祐樹 饰）针对最新的医疗设备做了精彩发言。会后，某大学附属医院外科医生住田友好（野村宏伸 饰）走上前来与小池攀谈，寥寥数语后却推脱有事匆匆离开。次日，住田的尸体在伊豆一家温泉旅馆被人发现。静冈县警搜查一课的大冢京介（村上弘明 饰）和新人刑警田村美咲（大力彩芽 饰）迅速赶往现场勘查，结果发现住田系被人切断主动脉失血过多凄惨死去。根据死者的遗物，大冢赶赴东京调查，在此期间东京也发生一起案件，死者则是和住田同样出席了研讨会的一家医院的院长。 　　两起案件之间究竟有什么样的联系？