A procura de um homem da perfeição na vida, no amor e na arte através da relação que mantém com uma rapariga literalmente de sonho quando adormece à noite. A imagem de Gary Shelley está a deteriorar-se de dia para dia: o seu antigo sucesso como músico pop desapareceu, o emprego a compor jingles para publicidade é degradante e pouco inspirador, a relação com a namorada, Dora (Gwyneth Paltrow) é uma luta permanente e já há quatro anos que chegou à casa dos trinta! A juntar a isto, o seu melhor amigo e antigo companheiro de banda, Paul parece ter cada vez mais sucesso...

A record company office worker named Kanna discovers a punk rock band called Shonen Meriken Sakku 'Brass Knuckle Boys' through the internet and subsequently decides to represent them on behalf of her company. What Kanna did not know was that the Brass Knuckle Boys consists of all middle aged men.

On May 2, 1998, Hide, a leading Japanese rock musician who had been active as a guitarist for X JAPAN and as a solo artist (hide with Spread Beaver/zilch), suddenly passed away. His funeral was attended by about 50,000 people and became a social phenomenon as all of Japan wept at his untimely farewell. His younger brother, Hiroshi Matsumoto, who was Hide's manager, started to work with Hide's co-producer I.N.A., who had been working on a song with Hide, and his friends to make his brother's will come true. Yuji and I.N.A. struggle under the unusual circumstance that Hide himself is not present, but they are confronted with various difficulties.

When 16-year-old Manu realises that he has fallen in love with his bandmate Felipe, turbulent emotions start brewing beneath the surface. How do you avoid losing a friendship once its very foundation has shifted?