Former gangster Tae-sik is released from prison and heads back to his hometown to live in a small restaurant with a woman.

Attempting to leave his past behind, he takes a job in a garage and tries to keep away from the local gangs, most of whom still live in fear of his brutal reputation.

When a local politician wants to knock down his adoptive mom's restaurant to build a new shopping mall, Tae-sik struggles to avoid returning to a life of violence.

Sunflower was released in South Korea on 23 November 2006,[2] and topped the box office on its opening weekend with 267,065 admissions.

[3] It held the number-one spot for a second consecutive weekend,[4] and went on to receive a total of 1,543,429 admissions,[2] with a gross (as of 7 January 2007) of US$8,221,999.