It was entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival where Lee Deok-hwa won the award for Best Actor.

One day, he receives a request from a noble family that one of their condemned be executed without his head being cut off.

Man-seok does as instructed, but when his payment is delivered by Sug-young, the daughter of the executed, he rapes her, motivated by his deep resentment against the ruling elite.

Feeling guilty, Man-seok buys her freedom, and the two eventually fall in love and settle down to a peaceful married life.

However, their happiness is threatened when they are involved in a conspiracy against the enemies of Sug-young's family.