全13回。2009年秋に第1部（第1～5回）、2010年秋に第2部（第6～9回）、2011年秋に第3部（第10～最終回）を放映予定。
01　少年の国
02　青　雲
03　国家鳴動
04　日清戦争
05　留学生
06　日英同盟
07　子規、逝く
08　日露開戦
09　広瀬、死す
10　旅順総攻撃
11　二〇三高地
12　敵艦見ゆ
終　日本海海戦

本剧以1972年日本经济高速增长时期为背景，彼时“战后时代”已宣告终结，全民追逐物质繁荣。来自长崎广播局的记者辻原保（本木雅弘 饰）却逆时代潮流而行，开始收集原子弹爆炸幸存者的证言。然而，在核爆创伤仍鲜活且受害者经历被视为禁忌的年代，记录这些声音成为一项不被理解、孤独而艰难的使命。
辻原在过程中与被爆者九野和平命运般相遇。九野讲述的“声音”令辻原内心深受震撼，他决意将这份证言传递于世，但这些“声音”本身却暗藏重重谜团。本剧基于真实事件改编，描绘了核爆数十年后仍被劫火灼烧的两名男子间不可思议的相遇，以及他们在历史夹缝中对抗遗忘的壮烈轨迹。

One late night in June 1942, Sakuma Seitaro dangles from the frame of a skylight in an isolation cell in Akita Prison. He forces open the glass window and breaks out of jail. This crime even reaches the ears of Urata Susumu, the chief warden of Kosuge Prison in Tokyo. Urata had been in charge of those sentenced to life in the prison until last year. Although Sakuma is a dangerous person who had also broken out of jail in Aomori, he submits to Urata who is the only person who had treated him kindly in the past. However, three months after escaping from jail, Sakuma shows up at Urata’s house. He has come to complain about the inhumane Akita prison officers. But he is locked up again after Urata notifies the police during an unguarded moment. A year later, Sakuma is sent to Abashiri Prison and Urata is also ordered to transfer as the prison’s chief warden.

The drama centers on Ashikaga Takauji's rise to power, overthrowing the Kamakura shogunate and eventually establishing the Ashikaga shogunate.