在东京北千住一处能看见烟囱的袜子批发店,绪方和弘子两夫妻过着简朴的生活。在房间二楼,有久保和仙子两位租客。一天,绪方家走廊上放着一个小孩,他们平静的生活也因此而掀起波澜……Where Chimneys Are Seen focuses primarily on the interconnected lives of two couples in a lower-middle-class neighborhood in Senju, a poor industrial section of Tokyo.