Plot Summary:Following a tip, Manabu Yazaki loses his last money betting on the older "banba" horse "Unryu" (jockied by Makie, a legendary jockey's daughter) in a draft-horse race held in his childhood home of Obihiro on the island of Hokkaido. That evening he seeks out his older brother Takeo, a trainer who owns a stable. Takeo is cool to his brother's return since Manabu cut off contact with Takeo and his mother 13 years earlier, after completing a degree at a Tokyo university, founding a successful company, and getting married. After finding out that Manabu's company is going bankrupt, his marriage has ended and he is hiding from his partner and creditors, Takeo offers to let his brother stay if he earns his keep as a stable hand. However, he resists letting him see their mother, who is in a nursing home. Manabu makes real friends among the stable boys, and begins to bring Unryu back into peak racing form. He also takes an interest in restoring Makie's confidence, for after winning early races as a novice she is now in a losing streak.
阿学(伊势谷友介 饰)自幼便是品学兼优的好学生,从一流的大学毕业后,他进入了一流的企业任职,之后又创办了自己的互联网公司,事业可谓是蒸蒸日上,家庭也幸福美满。实际上,阿学有一个经营着马场的哥哥,虽然哥哥一直在父亲过世后默默的支撑着阿学求学工作,但阿学却并不愿意承认自己有一个如此土气的哥哥。 灾难突如其来的降临到了阿学的头上,他的公司遭遇了滑铁卢,最终破产,而妻子也因为不堪忍受生活之苦而选择了离开他。无奈之下,阿学只能返回老家,在这里,他隐瞒了自己事业失败的事实,成为了马场的见习管理员。