夏目友人帐第二季片尾曲

Once upon a time, the birds and the beasts fought each other in a war. It was a terrible conflict, and the clever bats would side with the birds when the birds were looking victorious, and then they would become allies of the beasts when that side was winning battles. At last the war came to an end, the two parties reached an amicable settlement, and a great party of friendship was held. But when it came to the turn of the bats to perform in the program, their fence-straddling tactics were exposed, and everyone refused to associate with them. Since that time, the bats have been too ashamed to show their faces during the day, coming out only at night to flit silently around.

1948年冬，上海林森路仁康里23号的二层石库门老房。该房本属于报馆校对孔有文（魏鹤龄 饰），抗战时期被汉奸侯义伯（李天济 饰）霸占，孔由房主沦为房客。抗战后，侯摇身一变，成为南京国防部科长，每周六到上海“买进卖出”。除孔之外，小商贩萧老板（赵丹 饰）一家和中正第一中学教员华洁之（孙道临 饰）一家也是这里的房客。三家房客相聚商议，却不齐心，只得各谋出路。 华到学校求房，因不愿出卖朋友而拒绝了校长（李保罗 饰）的拉拢，不久便因罢教事件牵连被捕。华妻（上官云珠 饰）四处奔走无果，无奈向侯求助，侯却趁机勾引。 孔找房未果，无处可搬。侯买通流氓（章志直 饰），连打带砸。 萧向侯借高利贷“轧金子，顶房子”，先被众人围殴，随后金价上涨，鸡飞蛋打。 三家房客走投无路，终于团结起来与恶势力抗争。

二十世纪初，军阀混战，民不聊生。刘伯承（孙松 饰）在川军熊克武（杜雨露 饰）麾下东征西杀，屡建奇功，北洋军闻之色变。蔡锷将军去世后，滇军群龙无首，北洋军卷土重来。刘伯承策计川滇联合抗敌，并呼应孙中山发起的护法战争，率先锋营直取成都。后来，刘伯承霭拜吴玉章（汪粤 饰），共探救国救民良方，交谈甚欢。云南军阀唐继尧入侵四川，且来势凶猛，全省告急。大敌当前，熊克武任命刘伯承为剿滇前敌总指挥，刘伯承不辱使命，率川军英勇作战，不日收复成都与重庆。次年，在与北洋军作战中腿部受伤回成都休养。连年的征战使刘伯承厌倦，打来打去老百姓仍过不上安生日子，他决心寻找真理......

原作は山崎豊子の同名小説。大阪船場の足袋問屋の若旦那が女性遍歴を重ね、大阪商人としての土性ッ骨を培って行く姿を描いた作品。