Yusuke Nogi of Ryosho's Energy Development Division said that 10 times the official down payment was mistakenly sent to GFL, a local infrastructure company involved in a solar energy plant to be built in the Balkan Republic in Central Asia. Suspected of involvement, he heads to the Balkan Republic to collect the difference of $90 million. With the cooperation of his CIA friend Sam, Nogi obtained information that the terrorist al-Zaer had laundered the full amount of the contract money into diamonds and brought it out. Because he was robbed and left behind, he tries to cross the desert on foot, but he runs out of energy and loses consciousness. Nogi is taken care of by Adiel and Jamir in the desert and meets Zaire, but after refusing to refund the wrong money transfer, he is given mysterious words, "Are you VIVANT?" I'm about to be Nogi is rescued by Mamoru Nozaki, an investigator from the Metropolitan Police Department Public Security Department, who appears in a difficult situation, but he is caught in an explosion and injured.

以日本與中亞為故事舞台的《Vivant》，不只演員陣容一字排開陣仗驚人，更遠赴蒙古進行長達兩個半月的外景拍攝。《Vivant》描述在丸菱商事工作的乃木（堺雅人飾），因為匯款疏失，飛往中亞追討金錢，卻捲入匪夷所思的爆炸案。乃木被突然現身的日本公安野崎（阿部寬飾）所救，和救治他們的醫生柚木（二階堂富美飾），一起展開沙漠大逃亡。他們該如何求生？不時被關鍵人物提及的「Vivant」又是什麼？