节子（田中绢代 饰）和满里子（高峰秀子 饰）是情同手足的姐妹，春暖和父亲过着相依为命的生活，春暖虽然个性迥然不同，但姐妹两人之间的感情一直十分要好。一晃眼数十年过去，节子和满里子都出落成为了亭亭玉立的大家闺秀，之后，节子嫁给了名为三村的男子，然而经济的萧条令三村失去了工作，整日 在家无所事事，只能借酒消愁。整个家庭的重担落在了节子的肩上。某日，节子的初恋情人从国外学成归来，并和节子取得了联系。婚姻生活的枯燥和不满令节子有些心猿意马。得知了节子的心思，向来奔放新潮的满里子鼓励姐姐离开三村，寻找属于自己的幸福，可就在节子下定决心之际，却传来了三村的死讯。
龙千玉
回复 :在一片普通的住宅区，生活着平凡的冈部一家四口。男主人冈部（山口勇 饰）是武藏人寿保险的销售员，但是他的业绩平平，收入自然稀薄可怜。结果家里破破烂烂，妻子（浪花友子 饰）儿女食不果腹，时而被房东追讨房租，时而又因儿子阿进（加藤清一 饰）惹祸而被别人的家长找上门来。不过冈部毫不气馁，因为只要他将富有的户田家拿下，他便可以摆脱贫穷的困境。次日，冈部整装出发，到了户田家门口却发现敌对公司的销售员中村（关时男 饰）正在大拉业务。两人因此大打出手，结果热恼了女主人（明山静江 饰），最终被轰了出去。为了得到保单，这两个小人物想尽了一切办法……
回复 :A pit worker is crippled by an accident and his wife flirts with another man.
陈文浩
回复 :Joe 'Tom' Yateley is an ex-convict. Trying to leave his past behind, he decides to starts working for the Hawlett Trucking company, which transports gravel. It's an aggressive company, where speed is everything. Doing too less runs in a day? You're out. Red is the most experienced trucker, he can do 18 runs in a day. Tom soon makes friends with Lucy, the secretary, and Gino, a driver. But the record of Red intrigues him and he wants to break it. Gino advises against it, but he helps Tom when he wants to go through with it. Soon trouble begins when Red and the other drivers form an united front against Tom. Just when Tom has enough and decides to pack his bags, Lucy tells him Gino had a terrible accident. She also tells about the corruption of Hawlett Trucking.
