The freedom fighter Kim Du-han is released from prison after the Japanese are forced out of Korea, but he soon finds himself resisting communist supporters.
An army sergeant is captured and sent to North Korea where he endures torture and brainwashing.
A boarder comes to the guesthouse run by a widow, her mother-in-law, and young daughter. The widow and the guest become close through the efforts of the child, but when a housemaid becomes pregnant, suspicion falls on the lodger
Patriot Kim Du-han faces a difficult situation when he is detained on a murder charge at the American army base in Itaewon. Things become worse when the prison chief is bribed by communists...