A striking drama of the amazingly gifted surgeon Zaizen Goro, caught up by his desire for power and fame, and his contemporary physician Satomi Shuji, who selflessly continues a quest to save human lives. The Great White Tower is the title of a representative novel by Toyoko Yamazaki that depicts the hidden side of the medical world and the dignity of human life, thus shocking and moving many readers, marking a milestone in medical dramas. A dense human drama develops starting with the first half, which depicts the tragicomic circumstances arising from human ambition in the selection of professors, and proceeding to the second half, which inquires into the dignity of human life through a medical court case involving a malpractice suit.

新婚夫妇菜奈（原田知世饰）和翔太（田中圭饰）搬进了公寓的新房，幸福甜蜜的两人对新生活充满期待。搬家当天公寓要开居民会，菜奈猜拳输给了翔太，便独自前去参加。
除会长早苗（木村多江饰）、管理人床岛（竹中直人饰）以外，还有田宫（生濑胜久饰）、黑岛（西野七濑饰）等共十三人参加了居民会。闲聊时，床岛一句“谁都有想杀某个人的瞬间”让众人虽有些犹豫但还是纷纷谈论起恨不得他死的那个人，接着话题就意外地转向了“只要交换杀人目标就不会被抓”。
床岛向众人提议，每个人都公布自己想杀的人。大家觉得只是个游戏，并未多想，就在多余的投票纸上写下了那个人的名字，随后还抽了签。
这一次居民会，拉开了菜奈和翔太深陷其中的恐怖杀人游戏的序幕……！

On a cold Monday morning, a group of counselors clock in at an old-fashioned social services office. Their task is to interview the recently deceased, record their personal details, then, over the course of the week, assist them in choosing a single memory to keep for eternity.