生活并不富裕的約翰·Q·阿奇伯德（丹澤爾·華盛頓 Denzel Washington飾）是個(gè)工廠(chǎng)里賣(mài)命工作的工人。為了養家糊口，兩夫妻感情日漸淡漠而導致婚姻瀕臨破裂。更加雪上加霜的是，不幸降臨在了他們...

　　A former aristocratic family faces financial hardship and their daughter is introduced to a nice man in the auto repair business, the hope being that a marriage might be of economic assistance to the family. The daughter's family finds it hard to accept this kind of idea and the young man is uncomfortable with the difference in their social standing. However, everything works out in the end and a happy marriage takes place.

該劇設定在幕府為財政進(jìn)行享保改革時(shí)期，有江戶(hù)幕府“中興之祖”、“暴坊將軍”之稱(chēng)的德川第八代將軍德川吉宗的時(shí)代，講述作為他的精神支柱一直在背后默默支持他的側室久免的人生故事。