Art Direction
Jin-seok, un veterano de la guerra de Vietnam regresa herido de una pierna a su pueblo para enterarse que su madre ha fallecido y que ya no le quedan familiares. Se casa con Sun-ok, las dificultades económicas y su tartamudeo provocan tensión en el matrimonio. Un día Sun-ok trae bambú de la casa de sus padres y comienza a prosperar notablemente en la fabricación de productos de bambú, de lo cual Jin-seok se aprovecha. El tartamudeo de Sun-ok es imitado por su hijo, trayendo más conflicto. Con el éxito del negocio, Jin-seok, inicia un romance con Chu-wol, una mujer fatal con planes de arruinar a la pareja.
Art Direction
While working on a case with farmers, lawyer Heo Seung comes to believe that the rural development movement is the only lasting way to preserve the identity of the country. With conviction, Seung throws himself into the rural area. However, this position is against the Japanese occupation policies and eventually, even his wife, Yun Jung-sun, ends up leaving him. The Japanese judge Masaki Hiroshi determines that Seung's rural development activities are actually a rebellion against Japan. He has Seung imprisoned as an ideology criminal. After spending five years in jail, Seung returns to the country to see his wife, Jung-sun, continuing her husband's work and waiting for him.
