While investigating the murder of brewery owner Yang Dalsu, detective Oh becomes embroiled in a case that dates back to the Korean War involving his mistress, Sohn Jihye, her husband, Hwang Bawu, and the commander of a guerilla unit at the time, Gang Manho. For them, the war serves as the root cause of a murder that has forever altered their lives. A film about a military expedition that turns ugly and destroys nearly everything in its wake. The original was heavily censored upon release, but was later restored into a 158-minute film that has been hailed as Lee Doo Yong’s masterpiece.