Among the tight-knit neighbours are a poet, his actress wife, a bachelor budding author, a tobacco shop owner-cum-landlady, an insurance salesman and his nosy and greedy wife. Enter a young and seemingly high-class couple who just so happens is open to purchasing life insurance from their swift neighbour. In the meantime, life is imitating art across the street, which may end up providing for either a happy ending or a rude split - eventually that is.

Hiroshi, un « poète » qui écrit des chansons, passe surtout ses journées comme homme au foyer puisque que sa femme, une comédienne de théâtre, passe son temps à répéter. Lorsqu'un ami écrivain d'Hiroshi décide de s'installer chez eux, le couple se dispute…