After their occupation of Korea, Japanese imperialists forcibly disband Korean army and engage in all sorts of schemes to suppress the daily growing anti-Japanese sentiments of the Korean people. The film unfolds the story of a big-game hunter's family, who risk their lives to frustrate Japanese's plot to violate the spirit and soul of Korean nation by driving an iron stake on the ancestral mountain of Paektu
A North Korean nurse and a South Korean soldier fall in love during a tumultuous time of the Korean War, and experience lifetimes of consequences, separation and pain, with the hope of reuniting one day.