An old man living on the island of Mireukdo lives a self-sufficient life, adhering to ascetic principles typical of a monk. Now and then the phone...

The populace of a South Korean island rebels against police brutality. The protesters are labeled as communists, and the army is dispatched.

Han Byung-tae, who teaches at a private after-school academy in Seoul, receives word that his old teacher has passed away and sets off to the rural...