一个是遇人不淑的离家女，宋婉仪；一个是命运多桀的花车女郎，廖秋桐；十年前，因缘际会，两人结为好友；十年后，还是因缘际会，两人重逢，可是身份，地位的悬殊没有阻止她们同时爱上了收破烂的王一帆。 为了传统，婉仪循规蹈矩，向现实妥协，向礼教退让，最终放弃真爱，毁灭自己；为了翻身，秋桐坚强不屈，披荆斩棘努力求索，最终不仅事业又称，更赢得真爱。

　　NHK大河ドラマ第34作。八代将军吉宗是1995年 NHK制播的第三十四部大河剧，播放期间是同年1月8日 - 12月10日。
　　本剧是描写江户时代中期以实行享保改革而被称为“江户幕府中兴之祖”的德川吉宗之故事，原作、剧本是先前编写“独眼龙政宗”的詹姆斯三木。本剧特色是以江守彻饰演的近松门左卫门一角做为解说史实的角色，同样的手法在2000年的“葵德川三代”也被拿来使用。
　　参与演出本剧的演员们，几乎是可以代表日本的演技实力派演员，使得本剧很具有吸引力。尤其是饰演吉宗长男、有语言障碍的九代将军家重的 中村梅雀，他有许多泪流满面的激动演出，引起话题。在这之前的三部作品(“琉球之风”“炎立”“花之乱”)在大河史上收视率颇低，相较之下，本作属于高收视率。由于本剧所描写时代是江户中期，当时处于天下太平的时代，与一般动荡的战国与幕末故事相较，自然也就较难吸引人。于是，这部戏就以“将军家的家庭故事”做为中心主轴，有时颇漫画化、有时又很具有感情，将吉宗的一生描写得相当具有魅力，詹姆斯三木的手法颇值得赞赏。

The Psi Corps and President Clark, whose government has discovered Shadow vessels buried in Earth's solar system, begin to harness the vessels' advanced technology. The Clark administration continues to become increasingly xenophobic and totalitarian, and uses a military incident as an excuse to declare martial law. This triggers a war of independence on Mars, which had long had a strained political relationship with Earth. Babylon 5 also declares independence from Earth, along with several other outlying Earth Alliance colonies. In response, the Earth Alliance attempts to retake Babylon 5 by force, but with the aid of the Minbari, who have allied with the station against the growing Shadow threat, the attack is repelled.
　　Becoming concerned over the Shadows' growing influence amongst his people, Centauri ambassador Londo Mollari attempts to sever ties with them. Mr. Morden, the Shadows' human representative, tricks him into restoring the partnership by engineering the murder of Mollari's mistress while putting the blame on a rival Centauri House. Open warfare breaks out between the Shadows and the alliance led by Babylon 5 and the Minbari. It is learned that genetic manipulation by the Vorlons is the source of human telepathy, as it is later discovered that Shadow ships are vulnerable to telepathic attacks. Displeased at the Vorlons' lack of direct action against the Shadows, Captain John Sheridan browbeats Vorlon ambassador Kosh Naranek into launching an attack against their mutual enemy. Kosh's deeds lead to his subsequent assassination by the Shadows.
　　Former station commander Jeffrey Sinclair returns to Babylon 5 to enlist the aid of Captain Sheridan, Delenn, Ivanova and Marcus in stealing the Babylon 4 space station and sending it 1,000 years back in time to use it as a base of operations against the Shadows in the previous Minbari-Shadow war. Undergoing the same transformation as Delenn at the end of Season 1, Sinclair transforms into a Minbari and is subsequently revealed to be the actual Valen of Minbari legend, rather than a reincarnation. Spurred by the reappearance of his assumed-dead wife (who now works for the Shadows), Sheridan travels to Z'ha'dum, the Shadow homeworld, in an attempt by them to recruit him. However he instead destroys their largest city in a kamikaze nuclear attack, and is last seen jumping into a miles-deep pit to escape the explosion. Garibaldi, during a fight with Shadow vessels, goes missing.