清水丰松（中居正广 饰）本和妻子房江（仲间由纪惠 饰）、儿子建一（加藤翼 饰）一同过着平淡但快乐生活。战争开始了，丰松被征入伍，战场上的你死我活为丰松的心灵蒙上了深深的阴影，对于上级下达的残酷命令，身为一介小小士兵的丰松只能无条件的执行。
丰松幸运的成为了战争中的幸存者，他回到了家庭，准备迎接妻子腹中即将诞生的新生命。就在这时，一纸诉状竟让丰松成为了战犯，等待着他的是严酷的惩罚。不甘于命运的丰松决定为了减刑而发起请愿，与此同时，带着儿子和新诞生的女儿的房江也为了丈夫的人生而开始了四处奔走的生活。丰松的请愿能够获得认同吗？他又会面临怎样的命运呢？

Even though Gennosuke and Oboro are from rival ninja villages, they are secretly in love. At an annual conference with the Lord, it is dictated that a competition--a fight to the death--will take place between the five best shinobi from each village. Gennosuke and Oboro's love is made even more impossible when they each got picked as the leader of the five to represent their respective villages.