In a remote Mongolian mountains, a woman lives with her mother-in-law and her daughter. Everyone has deserted them except for the people she looks after. Time to time a local man comes and helps her to do her difficult tasks and always asks her to move to the nearest town with him. Her hands are tied to the place, since her mother-in-law wouldn't be able to get accustomed to the town lifestyle.
22nd of August, 1945. Japan lost the war and they loaded an 8,000 person Joseon laborer force onto a ship called the Ukisima to take them to the Busan Port. However, the ship sunk into the water due to an unknown blast. This is the story of thousands of Joseon people who dreamed of returning to their families and how they died.
Tae-su, a detective fighting organized crime, returns to his hometown for his high school friend Wang-jae's funeral. There, he meets his old friends Pil-ho, Dong-hwan and Seok-hwan and they reminisce. Suspecting something fishy about Wang-jae's death, Tae-su and Seok-hwan start investigating it, each in his own way. Their investigations lead to a land development project that Pil-ho is directing.
Gang-jo is the best computer game programmer with his own charisma. At an early age, he already has what he wants and now he feels bored to live day by day. But there is one thing that still turns him on and that is steeling. Yeah, that you have in mind-To break into somebody's house and get the valuables without permission. Using his ingenuity, he even uses state of the art technology to achieve the current record of zero rate of failure. He picked out a victim for no reason and this time, narrow a chicken-hearted public serviceman Sang-tae is the poor one. He is a naive person who's happy when he watches TV with his beloved wife and the kids. But with Gang-jo's continuous burglary, Sang-tae, who can't prevent Gang-jo from steeling valuables, he's integrity in his family plummeted. Now is Sang-tae's turn to take revenge other.
Te-o begins life as a lonely son of a high-ranking officer. He buys his friends with money and ice cream. Eventually two of these boys, the orphans Euglena and Amoeba, become real friends. Years later, Te-o abandons his overseas education and returns home. He finds Euglena making a living as an artist the hulking Amoeba had suffered a head injury which has arrested his mental development. After drinking, the three friends are stopped by a police officer. The police officer is accidently killed by a garbage dumpster and, even though the Te-o, Euglena, and Amoeba are innocent, the policeman's partner demands that they pay 20 million dollars in return for their freedom. From there is becomes a comedy of kidnapping, corruption, and chaos.
Eun-jin who is a living legend among the gangsters dominates the male-centered underworld wielding only a pair of her trademark blades. One day, Eun-jin finds her sister from whom she was separated at an orphanage during childhood, and her sister tells Eun-jin that her last dying wish is to see that Eun-jin gets married.
Jin-a, a young prostitute, moves into a seaside motel called the Birdcage Inn, run by a dysfunctional family. Struggling with her circumstances and the family's treatment, she forms an unlikely bond with the daughter, Hye-mi. As they navigate love, betrayal, and personal growth, their friendship ultimately leads to a deeper understanding and a chance for redemption.