此剧改编自人气漫画家福本伸行的同名经典漫画。这也是福本先生作品首次被民放台真人化。池松饰演作什么工作都不顺利的主人公·森田铁雄。他在连赌连败之时，于赛马场遇到了暗社会的名人·平井银二。憧憬于天才般获得大量金钱的银二的身姿，森田暗下决心“我想成为超过银被人称作金的人”，跟暗社会的权力者对战金钱游戏。Morita, a man who never succeeds in anything, takes his anger out in gambling. He meets an underworld fixer named Ginji Hirai, who introduces him to the underworld trade, where billions of yen changes hands every moment, and speculators and other influential people bet their lives for greed.
