A melodramatic film about a fisherman who disappeared at sea. After many years, he returns and finds out that his wife has a different family. The fisherman does not disturb his beloved wife and secretly leaves his native place.
Against the backdrop of the time when North Korea was fighting the war for the liberation of the Korean peninsula (1950-1953), the main character, Ok-khi Cho, participates in a guerrilla war in a village occupied by the American military.
A young man convicted for his views ends up in prison for a long 40 years. When he returned from prison to his hometown, his ex-girlfriend became an old woman with gray hair.
Based on an old Korean legend about the tender and beautiful love of the poor girl Chun Hyang and the son of the formidable and cruel ruler Mong Nyoung.
