Hatano is living as an insomniac freelance typesetter alone in his bayside apartment. One day, Aikawa, a high school classmate he hasn’t seen in over ten years, shows up on his doorstep bearing a bag of clams. Though he claims to be the director of a fast-growing trading company, Aikawa crashes on Hatano’s couch for days on end. When the sleeping pills he was offered produce a strange side effect, Hatano is slowly dragged into Aikawa’s con-artist lifestyle. Soon afterward, they cross paths with the representative of a big-name publishing company and Aikawa’s ultimate scam begins to unfold.

不眠症の電算写植オペレーター・波多野(佐藤)のところに高校時代の同級生・相川(豊川)が突然現れる。そのまま勝手に居ついた彼は実はサギ師だった。相川は波多野が睡眠薬でラリった時に打った写植を、幽霊が書いた本として出版社に持ち込むが、編集者・宇井美咲(鈴木)は相川のウソを見破り、反対にこの話に自分も加えろと言い出す......。