因羽田机场天气情况不佳，一架飞往东京的航班暂时停靠在一天只有两架飞机降落的松本机场。地勤大河内千草（竹内结子 饰）严阵以待，打起十二万分的精神应对旅客的各种要求，此外还为村木主任（甲本雅裕 饰）死缠烂打的求婚告白颇费脑筋。少顷，刚刚结束葬礼的鹤桥一家抵达候机大厅。长男藏之介（生瀬胜久 饰）一心筹划兴建天文馆，为此缠着妹妹和妹夫借钱。身为律师的妹夫田野仓守男（香川照之 饰）道貌岸然，情人百合子（户田惠梨香 饰）暗中随行令他焦灼万分。妻子美代子（神野三铃 饰）察觉丈夫的异状只能自吞苦果，这时却邂逅了帅气的飞行员（小田切让 饰）。田野仓的一双儿女也各有各的心事，丈人鹤桥清正（绫田俊树 饰）则抱着亡妻的骨灰独坐一隅。
千草周旋在鹤桥一家身边，不经意间得知了他们的许多秘密，也见证着他们之间隐隐的羁绊……

出生于濑户海边的永田一雄（西岛秀俊 饰）自幼反感父亲忠雄（香川照之 饰）强悍专制的行事作风，成年后他只身前往东京打拼，虽然立志做一个完美贴心的好丈夫好爸爸，却无法阻止三口之家走向破灭的命运。在人生的最谷底，他意外坐进一对父子的汽车。桥本父子（吉冈秀隆 & 高木星来 饰）在五年前死于车祸，作为幽灵盘桓世间的他们带领人生遭遇困境的人们溯流时空，回到命运的分水岭重新做出选择。与此同时，73岁的忠雄在老家奄奄一息，一雄却在时空旅行中遭遇了38岁的父亲。这对别扭争吵的父子且闹且行，一雄发现了家庭崩坏的种种诱因，而他也似乎真正开始了解了暴君般的父亲不为人知的一面。命运能否得到改变？
本片根据重松清的长篇小说改编。

香坂（长谷川博己）行动力强，能力突出，被称为“未来的搜查一课课长”。因为一次偶然事件，香坂被贬职到地方警署，失去了出人头地的机会。在分署里，香坂认识了身居低位却拼命解决案件的渡部（安田显），坚定了“正义比出人头地更重要”的信念，决心与黑暗的刑警组织斗争到底。

针对特殊性重要犯罪，华冈信一郎（阿部宽饰）凭借超越常人的敏感嗅觉常常成为解决案件的关键人物，人称sniffer。他与人情派的小向刑事（香川照之）组成搭档，通过现场留下的气味，揭露犯罪嫌疑人的真面目。

Hiroto Miyama is a poor lawyer who takes on criminal cases, but unable to make money. He pursues the truth for the 0.1% out of Japan's 99.9% conviction rate. One day, Hiroto is scouted by Haruhiko Madarame. Haruhiko Madarame is the head of Madarame Law Firm which is one of the biggest law firms among the 4 big law firms. Hiroto Miyama begins to work with Atsuhiro Sada. Atsuhiro Sada is a lawyer specializing in civil cases and makes lots of money for the law firm. He doesn't have any interest in criminal cases which can not make money.

One of the hottest selling tickets in town is to see the hugely popular “rakugoka”, or comic storyteller, Danshun. Danshun himself was inspired as a little boy to become a rakugoka after seeing the legendary Danshi. He had found his calling. After his resistant parents relented to their son’s pleas, Danshun at age 17 became an apprentice of Danshi, the man dubbed a “wunderkind” and “genius” of the rakugo world. He soon realized however how hard the training was, and embarked upon a rigorous existence in which he had to deliver newspapers to earn a living. Living with hardship and joys, Danshun and his fellow apprentices would eventually rise in the rakugo world. A resplendent cast comes together to depict the rough and tumble world of a man who loved rakugo above all else and was destined to fulfill a dream.