[3][4][1] A film about Choe Si-hyeong, a leader of the Donghak Peasant Revolution of late 19th-century Korea.

[1] This film revolves around the life of Choi Shi-hyong, head of the religious sect, Chondogyo, in the later part of the Chosun Kingdom.

In 1864, Choi Jeh-woo, the reformist and founder of the Chondogyo sect is executed on charges of "deluding the world and deceiving the people".

His successor, Choi Shi-hyong, begins to receive a ground swell of support from an increasing number of people.

With the belief that his wife is dead, Choi burns the tablet delicated to her and flees to an even more remote region of the mountains.