Beat Takeshi lives the busy, and sometimes surreal, life of a show biz celebrity. But his blond lookalike named Kitano, a shy convenience store cashier, is still an unknown actor waiting for his big break. After crossing paths with Beat and a series of frustrating auditions, Kitano seems to mysteriously fall into a fantasy state highlighted by aspects of Beat's real life and violent on-screen persona... This film is the first in director Kitano’s autobiographical trilogy followed by Kantoku Banzai! (Glory to the Filmmaker!) and Akiresu to kame (Achilles and the Tortoise).