Shuhei collapses at the factory where he works and is taken to the hospital where he is told he has only a short time left to live. Treated as a nuisance by his younger brother and his wife, who are after his inheritance, he lives in despair until he accidentally meets his former colleague, Miki, who has become a prostitute for a call girl.

Newspaper salesmen Kihachi and Jiro live in a boarding house with their landlord Harue, who is always reminding them of their overdue rent, Janet, a call girl who always helps them satisfy their sexual needs, and Akemi, their younger sister who always falls in love with men and gets rejected. But when Ichino, the landlady's niece, shows up, Kihachi and Jiro's lives change completely...

Taniguchi Shuhei, who is separated from his wife Akiko, is suddenly laid off. Meanwhile, Akiko, a beautiful career woman, is having a physical relationship with Tsukasahiro, a man she trusts at work. At the same time, Kakihana Sawako, a widow who lives nearby Shuhei, has also just been laid off from her job. One morning, Shuhei is watching a radio exercise class...