Not long after he married, Yoo has to enter the army leaving behind his wife Kil and daughter Young. He is taken a prisoner of war in a battlefield. Without knowing this, Kil and Young firmly hope Yoo's safe return from the war while they overcome temptation, poverty, epidemics and even drought. But an influential man of their village rapes Kil and Young. Yoo takes a revenge on him but he is killed during the fight with the leader of enemy.