受野立信次郎（竹野内丰 饰）之托从国外回来的大泽绘里子（天海佑希 饰）成为警视厅搜查一课的特别犯罪对策组的boss，但编派到她手下的组员却形态各异，来自科学搜查研究所调来的嗜睡如命的木元真实（户田惠梨香 饰），从交通组调来的外冷内热刑警片桐，从派出所调来的活力小子花形一平 ，以及总是偷懒的来自反黑组的严井和人称“丢三落四先生”的山村巡查部长。
这样一班乌合之众放在一起，着实让大泽头痛，搜查一课对她的部门从没寄予厚望，只需要她应对媒体公关。但大泽却不愿成为被人摆布的木偶，面对这样一班下属与不断发生的案件，她将以身作则，让部下发挥个人特长破获案件。在另一面，八年前因为男人而离开警队的大泽，感情方面亦再次面临考验，这一次，她能否改变事业与感情的走向？

Uehara Jiro, in the sixth year at elementary school, is from a family of five; his parents who are both ex-extremists, his elder sister and a younger sister. Children look coldly at their father, Ichiro (Toyokawa Etsushi), who does not work but is quick at lashing out for anything illogical. One day, Jiro snaps at a junior high school student in the neighborhood who ridiculed his parents and causes a violent incident. Being tired of all the fuss made by the school and the response from the child welfare, the Uehara family moves to the island of Iriomotejima, father's hometown. However, the island is in the midst of a row over a development plan to build resort facilities, and the family is sucked into the mayhem. Ichiro and his wife Sakura are arrested, but they break loose. They are forced to live a life as fugitives, and are unable to live with their children. The children, however, understand that their parents do not want to succumb to the establishment and support them.

Akira, a teacher from Tokyo, has just arrived in a small rural town to begin his new job. Soon after arriving, he meets, and begins to fall for, Miki, a papermaker and part of a large and unusual family. When he learns of an ancient legend that the family carries the curse of the Inugami, or Dog God, he brushes it off as silly superstition. After a series of mysterious deaths, however, the townspeople begin to grow restless, and Akira must confront the truth about Miki and her family.

中年男子佐佐木正太郎（竹中直人 饰）继承父亲留下的八栋房子，日常靠出租房屋赚取收入，平日里无所事事，相妻教子，俨然一个家庭妇男。与之相对，他的妻子美奈子（天海祐希 饰）则是一个在外辛苦打拼、事业蒸蒸日上的女强人。地位的倒错和不对等导致夫妻间的战争爆发。他们的婚姻走向崩溃边缘，一双儿女只能默默地注视着这一切……
本片根据第25回城户赏获奖作品経塚丸雄的小说改编，并荣获2002年蓝丝带最佳女主角奖（天海祐希）、2002年横滨电影节最佳女配角奖（天海祐希）。