Upon his release from prison, Hyuk turns away his girlfriend Mina who has come to greet him. He admonishes her to forget about him. He finds a job at a pool hall but it seems trouble follows Hyuk around. He gets in the middle of a gang fight and ends up saving gang leader Ju-cheol. As a token of gratitude, Ju-cheol gives a slice of his own territory to Hyuk. Kyung-suk, Ju-cheol's right hand man, becomes threatened by Hyuk and so challenges him to a fight. The loser has to leave the area for good. Kyung-suk ends up losing the fight and he takes off for Tae-baek, a mountainous city. There, he becomes a faithful member of Kang-ho's gang and kidnaps Hyuk's former martial arts master. Ju-cheol asks Hyuk to help the martial arts master who also happens to be his friend. Hyuk returns to his hometown of Tae-baek only to find that Kyung-suk has kidnapped his old flame Mina. Hyuk, vowing vengeance, goes underground to find and rescue the two most important people in his life.

Two brothers, Hyuk and Bin, live in a small coal mining village. Hyuk, the younger of the two, works hard as a coal miner to make ends meet. On the other hand, Bin becomes a slave to gambling and leads a wretched life. Bin soon becomes a casualty of a greedy gangster named Gang-ho who wants to reshape the mine for profit-making facilities. Hyuk enters the world of underground fight ring to avenge the wrongful death of his brother.

A video series for children produced in Korea under the license of 스트리트 파이터 - 가두쟁패전의 (Street Fighter - Before The Street War), which was created by Hong Kong's World Comics History.