Hatsuaki Masui

Sachiko lost her parents at an early age and lived together with her only sister Nobuko who worked for a newspaper. Out of the blue, she is told that Nobuko is killed in an accident, but she simply cannot believe it because her sister had told her she was going to an entirely different place. She begins her investigations on her sister’s mysterious death with the help of Nobuko’s colleague and journalist Ryoichi. And when another colleague, Tomoe commits suicide, Sachiko has a gut feeling that a well-known figure is involved in the death of her sister...

高校1年生の夏休みに大洋、小林、田口の3人は湘南にある田口の別荘で夏休みを満喫しようと江ノ電に乗ってやってきた。そこには水着ギャルやサーファー達が海を楽しんでいる。ところが、大洋達は別荘の鍵を無くしてしまう。そんなところで海辺で全裸で助けを求める男・デューク川原に出会ってしまう。このデューク川原との出会いで大洋達のリッチな夏休みは大きく変わることになる。

薬の供給も追いつかない劣悪な環境の古びた病院に、奇怪な症状を患う急患が担ぎこまれる。見たこともない状態にたじろぐ医師たちを尻目に、赤井医師（佐野史郎）は“この患者の研究治療は病院の経営危機を救うチャンス”と力説するが……。