在东京某图书馆工作的女子小茜（宇津宮雅代 饰）与上司藤江田（滝田裕介 饰）相恋，并到了谈婚论家的地步。在此之前，藤江田和酒肆女老板春菜（白石奈緒美 饰）交往。春菜的神秘气质以及后背上充满魔性气息的纹身令藤江田神魂颠倒，这也让小茜心中充满顾虑和不安。为了把握这段恋情，小茜在藤江田的百般劝说下，终于同意上京都纹身。京都名刺青师经太郎（若山富三郎 饰）正是春菜的前夫，当年他对刺青的致密令其失去了妻子。为小茜的固执所打动，封刀多年的经太郎决定在这个拥有雪肌的女孩背部留下美丽的龙纹。一段时间后，小茜再次来到京都，却得知经太郎已经和助手春经（京本政樹 饰）相继离开人间……

生灵涂炭的八年抗战终于结束，而国共两党之间的解放战争也正式拉开序幕。蒋介石（孙飞虎 饰）调动大军从延安向西北扫荡，大有将异己彻底剿灭之势头。毛泽东（古月 饰）、周恩来等中央领导向北撤退，期间更与陕北失去联系，革命面临着最危急的时刻。在此紧要关头，刘邓大军决定冒险渡河，砍断蒋军的哑铃把子。然而一千里路的黄河自然环境极其凶险恶劣，此外沿途早有国军重兵把守，尤其是六十六师宋瑞珂挂帅的鲁西南兵团，是刘伯承（傅学诚 饰）、邓小平（卢奇 饰）挺近的重大阻碍。狭路相逢勇者胜，反攻前夕，决定中国历史的鲁西南战役正式打响……

At the age of eight, the now 25-year-old director caused an incident, which has remained traumatic as he became older. Although it seemed just a trivial matter, something one might expect from children, he obstinately questions his family, friends and teachers about what happened at that time. Worrying over the thoughts of dishonor he saw in his family’s eyes then, he has fostered a self-hatred over the years. As if reconstructing the past with his camera, he attempts to free himself of this self-hatred, shedding tears for himself at times and opening his own wounds, then healing them. What he has discovered through filmmaking was his once sealed “self.” The question now is, where to go from here?

本作は「ドクターX～外科医・大門未知子～」のスピンオフドラマシリーズ第5弾。東帝大学病院を追われたあと、私立の名門・成鏡大学病院に客員准教授として招かれた加地秀樹の姿が描かれる。加地はそこでバスケットボール界の若きスーパースター・大根類の手術をサポートするために呼ばれたフリーランスの麻酔科医・城之内博美と再会。なんとか東帝大復帰への足がかりを作ろうと画策していく。