Through a life of pain and suffering, a man holds onto a passionate desire to become a great artist. Tim works a boring job, with a sadistic boss who feeds him drugs and empty promises. He will meet a group of young men who will remind him of his talents, and he will face much evil along the way. Though he is a pale, white, blimp of a person, Tim is a samurai—trained by his adopted Japanese father, whom he had dishonored.