黄海(杜汶泽 饰)在日本借巨额高利贷做本钱经营皮条生意,结果中计导致血本无归。黄海无奈只得在新宿街头扒窃,机缘巧合偷到了小学同学——轻度弱智的李子俊(黎明 饰)头上。李子俊随大哥到日本,不幸与其失散,只有独自在街头痴等。被黑社会痛打的黄海宿醉街头,李子俊施以援手入住黄海处,二人经济状况很快困窘。黄海求助好友燕姐(杨贵媚 饰),却意外发现李子俊颇受女性欢迎,其怀抱拥有使人快乐的神奇效用。黄海迅速对李子俊展开日语等岗前培训,将他推向了男色市场。李子俊赚钱的能力令黄海看到了还钱的希望,天真无邪的心灵也使黄海在重压下焦灼的内心获得了宽慰。黄海与前妻阿绿(叶璇 饰)相遇之后,他与李子俊陷入了更大的麻烦……"Swan Lake," "The Ugly Duckling," magical realism, and two Chinese men in Tokyo. Jun is mildly mentally disabled, in his late 20s, living with his siblings after his mother has died. Knowing he's a burden to them, he runs away to the Shinjuku district where, on the first night, he recognizes another Chinese he knew in school years earlier - it's Hoi, a wannabe gangster deeply in debt to a loan shark who's just had him beaten. Jun helps Hoi home and the next day a quasi-protectorate starts. Hoi and a Chinese friend market Jun as a Korean gigolo. There's more to Jun than meets the eye, and more to Hoi's past. Who's taking care of whom?