Abandoned as an infant, Seon-jae is found and raised by Moon-su, an ex-convict with a colorful record. When Moon-su dies, Seon-jae begins a search for his mother. On his journey, Seon-jae experiences love, sorrow, equality, wealth and sexual desire through the people he meets: Beob-woon who gives him a flute, Ji-ho a philanderer, Hae-woon a fishing village doctor, Ina the blind singer, Manee the vamp, the long-term prisoner Hye-kyung. He reunites with Ee-ryun who confesses th...more

Abandoned as an infant, Seon-jae is found and raised by Moon-su, an ex-convict with a colorful record. When Moon-su dies, Seon-jae begins a search for his mother. On his journey, Seon-jae experiences love, sorrow, equality, wealth and sexual desire through the people he meets: Beob-woon who gives him a flute, Ji-ho a philanderer, Hae-woon a fishing village doctor, Ina the blind singer, Manee the vamp, the long-term prisoner Hye-kyung. He reunites with Ee-ryun who confesses the love that she has kept for him for so long. They share a night together during a rain storm and Ee-ryun becomes pregnant. But Seon-jae, on a journey to find truth, brings a boy lost by the wharf.less