幕末から明治の激動の時代に生きた福沢諭吉の半生を描いたヒューマン・ドラマ大作。1835年、中津藩の下級武士の家に生まれた諭吉は、やがて仲間とともに蘭学を志し長崎へ留学。彼はそこで頭角を現し、蘭学塾を開くが……。若手俳優の育成に定評の澤井信一郎が、若き福沢諭吉とその周りに集まる塾生たちとの青春群像劇として仕上げた歴史ドラマ。。Reform schools are a way of protecting society by ridding it of lawless juvenile delinquents. But who's protecting the juvenile delinquents from corrupt reform schools? Rica (Rika Aoki) could be considered a bit of an expert on reform schools, having spent most of her early life in and out of them. When Rica is dragged back once again, she gets a severe beating and is finally sent off to a mental hospital with the intention of selling her and her pals into a slave trade. A trader takes Rica's friend Jun to a mountain cottage where she's pegged for the lead in his clandestine porno film operation. Once again, it's up to tough-as-nails Rica to bust up this corrupt racket once and for all!。When a troubled, neo-Nazi teen is accused of a shocking murder, a young rabbi risks everything to investigate and uncover a more sinister truth.。