The manga is set in 1968 in Japan, where, against the backdrop of student movements, N, a man with a criminal past, makes the acquaintance of T, a young comedian intent on making a career in the film industry. T wants to shoot "Unlucky Young Men", a chronicle of a disillusioned Japanese youth ready to do anything to realize their dreams; to finance the film, the two begin to think about attacking a van carrying 300 million yen...