かつて多くの小学校の校庭に設置されていた薪を背負いながら本を読む少年の像で知られる二宮金次郎の、あまり知られていない半生を描いた伝記ドラマ。両親を亡くし、兄弟とも離れて暮らす幼少期を送った二宮金次郎。青年になった金次郎は小田原藩真から桜町領（現・栃木県真岡市）の復興を任される。金次郎は自身が思いついた独自のやり方で村の復興にあたるが、保守的な村人たちから大きな反発に遭ってしまう。そんな中、小田原藩から侍・豊田正作が新たに派遣となり、「金次郎が秩序を壊している」と、金次郎の施策にさまざまな妨害をし始める。金次郎役をドラマ「水戸黄門」などで知られる合田雅吏が演じるほか、田中美里、成田浬、犬山ヴィーノ、榎木孝明、柳沢慎吾、田中泯、渡辺いっけい、石丸謙二郎、綿引勝彦らが顔をそろえる。監督は「地雷を踏んだらサヨウナラ」「長州ファイブ」の五十嵐匠。

A biographical drama depicting the little-known half-life of Ninomiya Kinjiro, famous for the statue of a boy reading a book while carrying firewood that once stood in many elementary school grounds. Ninomiya Kinjiro lost his parents and spent his childhood living apart from his siblings. As a young man, Kinjiro is entrusted with the restoration of the Sakurama domain (present-day Moka City, Tochigi Prefecture) by the Odawara domain. Kinjiro works on village restoration using his own original methods, but faces strong opposition from conservative villagers. Meanwhile, the Odawara domain dispatches the samurai Toyoda Shosaku, who begins various acts of obstruction against Kinjiro's measures, claiming "Kinjiro is destroying order." Kinjiro is played by Masahito Goda, known for the drama "Mito Komon," with a cast including Misato Tanaka, Riri Narita, Vino Inuyama, Takaaki Enoki, Shingo Yanagisawa, Min Tanaka, Ikkei Watanabe, Kenjiro Ishimaru, and Katsuhiko Watabiki. Directed by Takumi Saitoh, known for "Sayonara, Mine" and "Five for Freedom."

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