武诚治（二宫和也 饰）毕业于三流大学，文凭平平，工作经验平平。在公司工作了三个月后，因为无法适应上班的生活，毅然决定辞掉工作。治觉得自己应该可以找到工资更高，待遇更好的工作，但现实却是处处碰壁，只能打点散工，且总是做不长。治的父亲（竹中直人 饰）觉得治很不上进，父子关系急剧恶化。某一天，一直体谅治，温柔的母亲（浅野温子 饰）突然昏倒，结果被检查出患了忧郁症。这个给治的冲击很大，在经过一番考虑后，治为自己确立了目标，即使是打工，也要为母亲买新房。
在打工的工地上，治结识了性格爽朗的千叶真奈美（香里奈 饰）。真奈美的志向是成为一名桥梁设计师，充满干劲的真奈美给了治很多建议。但打工买房赚钱之路困难重重，治能否克服万难，实现自己的梦想。

The story of Oakland Athletics general manager Billy Beane's successful attempt to put together a baseball team on a budget, by employing computer-generated analysis to draft his players.

2006 film by Bill Condon

Imprisoned in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.

Katherine Watson is a recent UCLA graduate hired to teach art history at the prestigious all-female Wellesley College, in 1953. Determined to confront the outdated mores of society and the institution that embraces them, Katherine inspires her traditional students, including Betty and Joan, to challenge the lives they are expected to lead.

At an elite, old-fashioned boarding school in New England, a passionate English teacher inspires his students to rebel against convention and seize the potential of every day, courting the disdain of the stern headmaster.

2003 film by Sönke Wortmann

Chuck Nolan, a top international manager for FedEx, and Kelly, a Ph.D. student, are in love and heading towards marriage. Then Chuck's plane to Malaysia crashes at sea during a terrible storm. He's the only survivor, and finds himself marooned on a desolate island. With no way to escape, Chuck must find ways to survive in his new home.

A man with a low IQ has accomplished great things in his life and been present during significant historic events—in each case, far exceeding what anyone imagined he could do. But despite all he has achieved, his one true love eludes him.