这是NHK的第6部大河剧。描绘江户时代末期文云寺的风云人物坂本龙马短暂而激烈的一生。从土佐藩逃出来后后，龙马成立了一家贸易公司海援队。他努力调停敌对势力，成立萨长同盟，并最终说服德川庆喜重掌大政。 主人公用民族语言进行的对话也得到了好评。

The chronicles of Sakamoto Ryoma, a pre-revolutionary who helped shape the face of modern Japan. In order to study swordsmanship, Ryoma heads for Edo where he meets many people who influence his thinking. He becomes close friends with men like Katsu Kaishu and Saigo Takamori and later establishes a naval training school in Kobe. Ryoma's controversial political views make him a target for shogunate assassins but his fervent belief in a classless society helps forge the Choshu-Satsuma alliance which ultimately brings about the Meiji Restoration.

幕末の風雲児・坂本竜馬の短くも激しく燃えた生涯を描く。土佐藩を脱藩した竜馬は、貿易商社・海援隊を設立。対立する人々の仲立ちに奔走し、薩長連合を成立させ、ついには徳川慶喜に大政奉還を決断させる。主人公のお国言葉によるセリフも評判に。

Драма посвящена жизни Сакамото Рёма, политического деятеля времен Эдо, национального героя Японии.