改编自第152届直木奖的获奖作家西加奈子于2005年出版的畅销书。 讲述了一家人在绝望中寻求希望，以及对他们不离不弃的爱犬•樱的故事。平凡的二儿子（北村匠海），帅气逼人的长子（吉沢亮）和对长子有奇怪爱意的美貌妹妹（小松菜奈）, 虽然有些奇怪但是幸福的家庭。随着一家人的长兄遭遇车祸，各自的命运发生了翻天覆地的变化……

李碧华的妙笔在时空的流转下谱写出一段可歌可泣、跨越古今三代的传奇爱情。公元前二百多年，秦始皇暴虐无道，民不聊生。方士徐福骗得始皇信任，征召众多童男童女东渡蓬莱寻取长生仙药。曾因搭救秦始皇而被封官赐剑的郎中令蒙天放（张艺谋饰）与应征少女韩冬儿（巩俐饰）一见钟情，偷尝禁果，以欺君之罪被赐死。行刑前，冬儿暗将徐福炼就的长生不老金丹送入蒙天放口中，自己投身窑炉，殉情而死。蒙天放则被泥封为俑，置于皇陵。20世纪30年代，冬儿转世成为三流影星朱莉莉。剧组前往秦始皇陵附近拍摄电影。莉莉发现自己暗恋的大明星白云飞（于荣光饰）盗掘皇陵的勾当。白云飞为杀人灭口，驾机携莉莉飞入空中。莉莉误将仪表盘打破，随机栽入秦始皇陵，使沉睡地下两千年的蒙天放得以复苏，并与闯入墓中的白云飞等盗墓贼展开搏斗......

赛车手叶浩城（窦骁 饰）年少轻狂，曾在多次赛车大奖赛中勇夺冠军，至使他一时目中无人。不久，他与另一位天才车手林司哲（苏见信 饰）相遇，林属于少年老成深藏不露一类，叶浩城乍一见面，便生出莫名敌意，令人想不到的是，他莫名其妙地爱上了林的妹妺林韦彤（张钧甯 饰）。浩城的哥哥宏城早年死于一次非法赛车，恐怖的梦魇一直笼罩在浩城心头好多年，成了他无法打开的心结。为赢得比赛，浩城常常采用危险技术，为此他多次遭教练严叔（曾志伟 饰）斥责。好朋友吴嘉乐（王柏杰 饰）也因助他使用旁门左道而离开了赛车场，从此浩城变得一蹶不振。为使叶浩城重新鼓起重返赛场的信心，严叔等人费尽了心机......

Eun-gi's eventful life in a boarding house has begun with the three ladies: a sexy owner of a boarding house, her daughter who is even sexier, and his innocent first love. Eun-gi, a freshman, has found his new place in a boarding house operated by mother and daughter when he came to Seoul to study. His only pleasure is to play along in the unspoken push-and-pull relationship with the mother or the daughter. One day, his first love, Soon-yi, who is innocent and docile, suddenly comes to visit him at the boarding house. With the sexy daughter of the boarding house behind the door, and the curvaceous lady owner of the boarding house in the bathroom next to his room, the 20-year-old virgin Eun-gi's sleepless night begins.