Dal-rae sets out to locate her true love who had gone to Seoul to participate in the independance movement. Along the way, she assaults and adulterer who is dallying with her friend. By the time Dal-rae is released from prison, Korea has been liberated but divided into two parts by world powers. She finds her lover is now a soldier in the northern army. When war breaks out she flees and the two are separated yet again
—Anonymous