19岁的吉冈胜从小地方来到东京，一边在高考辅导学校读书一边打工送报。每天吉冈要负责为300多个人家送报纸，他绘制了一张地图，一一写明各家的名字，养狗的人家打上一个*，养花的人家打上两个*，以此为他们分级。感到无聊或气闷时，吉冈就会打电话去骚扰。他爱上丑陋孤独的靠卖身度日残废的女子玛利亚。周遭人的不幸令吉冈的情绪暴躁不堪。他一个接一个地打电话恐吓他人，威胁要引爆东京站和街边的加油站把所有人都炸死。然而当他挂上电话后，却只是黯然流下了泪水……主人公内心的挫折感和绝望感化作愤怒的狂澜横扫观众们的心间，令人深深为之震动。

A 19-year-old newspaper delivery boy begins collecting information on the households in his neighborhood and keeping a journal of why he doesn't like them. Declaring himself a 'right-winger' and calling in bomb threats against the neighbors he doesn't like, the 19-year-old begins a war of psychological terror against the families in his neighborhood.

新聞配達をしながら予備校に通う19歳の青年を主人公に、やり場のない怒りを抱え生きる青年の日常を鮮やかに描いた青春映画。原作は中上健次の同名原作。