Hyun-Woo is released from prison after spending 17 years behind bars. During his college days he was involved in student-led anti-government protests that swept across Korea in the early 1980’s. Now that he is finally free, Hyun-Woo immediately travels back to the town where he spent his last few precious months prior to being arrested.

Seventeen years ago, Hyun-Woo fled into the rural area of Korea, hiding from the government that was trying to quash his anti-government group. He found sanctuary in the home of Han Yun-Hee. She was a former sympathizer to the anti-government cause, but now living a modest life as a teacher in a small rural community.

The couple quickly became intimate, Hyun-Woo able to provide the spark that was missing from Yun-Hee’s simple life. Unfortunately, while Hyun-Woo was still hiding in Yun-hee’s home, he learned that most of his fellow anti-government protesters were captured and imprisoned.

Even though the government now has Hyun-Woo high on their wanted list, he feels ashamed that he is living peacefully, while his friends are imprisoned. Thus, he makes the difficult decision to leave Yun-hee and go back to the movement centered in Seoul.

What he would later learn is that he left behind the sole person that would stay faithful to him throughout his 17-year imprisonment and also the woman that was carrying his baby.