In the town of Karasume, most of the lands are owned by Kurosawa Bunzo, the head of the Kurosawa family and the owner of a real estate and construction company called 'Kurosawa'. Though Bunzo is much hated by the people of Karasume, due to his greed and profiteering ways, no one dares to stand up to him. The townsfolk came up with the saying, "Kurosawa loves alcohol, money and women".
Bunzo has 3 sons, the eldest being Mitsuru, who was born to his first wife. Followed by Isao and Ryo, who are the sons of his second wife, Shiori. Mitsuru is currently unemployed and is debt-ridden, and thus leads a miserable, tight lifestyle living together with Endo Kanako. While, Isao who graduated from a prestigious law school and passed his bar examinations in one sitting, is now working for a law firm in Tokyo. Ryo is studying to be a psychiatrist, and is now in his fourth year of medical school. He lives in a dormitory near his hometown.
One day, Bunzo is found dead in his bedroom, under very suspicious circumstances. The police rounded up all three sons, and brings them in for some voluntary questioning. The detective already knows each of their motives for killing Bunzo, where it all started 2 weeks before the murder at the Kurosawa family meeting... --Fuji TV
原作は19世紀のロシア文学を代表する文豪フョードル・ドストエフスキーの最後の長編小説『カラマーゾフの兄弟』。舞台を放送当時の現代日本に移し、市原隼人、斎藤工、林遣都が物語の中軸を担う「黒澤家」の三兄弟を演じる。
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原作：描述的卡拉馬佐夫這個“偶合家庭”分崩離析的歷史，實際上是19世紀下半葉俄國社會在資本主義和金錢勢力沖擊下發生悲劇的縮影。老卡拉馬佐夫年輕時是寄食于富戶的丑角，後來靠不正當的手段發家，晚年成了富豪。他貪婪陰險，性情暴戾，迷戀女色，曾娶過兩次妻，一個逃亡，另一個被他折磨致死。所生的三個兒子也都被他棄置不顧，孩子們長大後都憎恨父親，並且為爭奪財產和女人而明爭暗斗。
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日劇版將把舞台改為現代日本，以地方都市的殺人事件構成三部曲，第一部為直至命案發生之日兄弟三人對父親浮現的不同殺意，第二部為命案發生當日，第三部為調查直至判決帶出不同的關係及事件的真相。
三個兄弟分別是長男黑澤滿（齋藤工）母親和其他兩個兄弟不同，喜歡縱情聲色犬馬的他在失業中無所事事，可說是個二世祖。次子黑澤勲（市原隼人）在一流大學法學部畢業，表面纖細充滿理性，內心卻潛藏感傷困惑為兄弟中最黑暗的一人，三男黑澤涼（林遣都）是以精神科醫生為目標的醫大生，是兄弟中最正面為整個困局帶來希望，其父親文藏由吉田鋼太郎演出，此外還會有糾纏於長男和次男的女子，文藏的秘書及執事等人登場。
Bunzo Kurosawa, un père violent et colérique, est assassiné dans sa propre maison. Ses trois fils sont alors suspectés du meurtre.
