影片改编自同名小说，是以误解开始、交换日记为轴心展开的青春爱情故事。高桥饰演学校最受欢迎的男生濑户山润，樱田饰演过于察言观色的笨拙女生黑田希美。

At the Doll House, a 1930's New Orleans bordello, Hallie is the main attraction both for clients and for Jo, the madame. Her comfortable if tedious life is disrupted by the arrival in town of Dove Linkhorn, her true love of three years before who is now searching for her. When Linkhorn learns the truth of her profession he triggers a chain of events involving a number of people, including the young Kitty with whom he travelled from Texas and who is now the Doll House newest recruit.

故事发生在解放前的北京。丐帮首领牛二爷（韩善绪 饰）整天带一帮泼皮横行市井，孙豆汁（梁庆刚 饰）因没孝敬牛二，豆汁摊被牛二捣毁，儿子孙六（吴卫东 饰）血气方刚，非要找牛二拼命。烤肉铺刘掌柜与孙六同时相中李窝脖（王宁生 饰）的闺女李淑英（吴炜玲 饰），无奈孙六人穷志短，只好加入丐帮，仰仗牛二势力摆平了刘掌柜。孙豆汁见儿子当了混混，一气之下将他赶出家门，淑英见孙六如此不争气，只好皈依了佛门。谷掌柜与刘掌柜结怨已久，牛二为从中渔利，关健时刻出卖了孙六。孙六看透了牛二险恶用心，他抢走牛二的龙鞭，在祖始爷帮衬下成为了混混首领。上任伊始，他带人砸了刘掌柜的烤肉店，孙豆汁扬言要跟孙六断绝父子关系......

讲述小镇青年寻找自我、为生活奔波的故事。将要被火车配件厂买断工龄的李大川，因意外事件被工厂保安当成小偷当场抓获，导致他失去了领取四万元补偿金的资格。李大川为了找回清白，过上了一边寻找小偷、一边为生活奔波的日子。