Tetsuzo, an acclaimed artist of his day who is now in his mid-fifties, can boast clientele from all across Japan and works relentlessly amid the garbage-filled pandemonium of his house-atelier. He spends his days creating incredible works of art, ranging from a giant-size Bodhidharma painted on a 180 square meter-wide sheet of paper to a couple of sparrows painted on a single rice grain. He is short-tempered, extremely caustic, and has no passion for either sake or money. He would charge a lot for any project he is not truly interested in.