"What a Freak..." - that's the phrase that reads in the eyes of women who pass him by. "Tonight, you'll be mine," is the response usually read in his own. Kisaku is a Japanese man of "pre-retirement" age, who clearly has no intention of playing chess with his peers around the clock. And while others look at him as an ordinary, drunken scoundrel, Kisaku shows wonders of cunning and loveliness with the girls, who were squinting at him with haughty eyes even during the day. Schoolgirls, businesswomen, medical and child-care workers - Kisaku does not accept the notion of a high-flying bird.