The story of twin sisters, Eppie Lederer and Pauline Phillips, who found fame as dueling advice columnists "Ann Landers" and "Dear Abbey".
In the last days of the Shogunate, a resourceful grifter seeks to outwit competing prostitutes, rebellious samurai and other inhabitants of a brothel in order to survive the hardened times.
An alcoholic theater owner needs to put together a successful musical in order to pay off his mob debt, but problems arise when the wise guys want to cast their friends in the production.
An unexpected encounter awakens in a man, amid dreams of the past and present, the desire to resume his life.
