Three friends – Iwano, Maru and Sada – destroyed and exhausted by life, meet each evening at their favourite pub and try to assign some meaning to their lives. Twenty-year-old Iwano dreams of a career as a boxer but, because he’s too timid, he makes a living as a “live punch-bag.” For the right price, stressed-out businessmen can take out their aggressions on him. Iwano feels that he should do something with his life, but he has as yet been unable to muster the necessary strength. Maru, who is about thirty, has taken over the failing family business selling hats. When he adds men’s wigs and toupees to his product line, selling them by acting out little scenes, he discovers he has quite a talent for comedy. Fifty-year-old Sada is a social castaway. He’s fixing an old boat in order to fulfil his lifelong dream of sailing around the world. But a secret from the past torments him, one which he dare not even tell his pals. The three friends spend evenings at the pub, sometimes trying to pick up women, but more often they end up dealing with one ridiculous situation after another. Maybe now is the right moment for these good-hearted but incredibly unsuccessful nonconformists to settle down….