The movie begins with the mysterious death of a journalistic photographer named Kim Cheol-hun. Veteran police detective Park (Kim Seung-ho) teams up with a young, intellectual detective (Kim Seong-ok) to investigate the people surrounding Kim.

Jong Sil, a sound effects director, is awarded a carte blanche for his ingenious invention of a coke bottle opener sound used in a commercial film for an Arab client. Ecstatic, drunk, he heads home to his wife and kids, only to end up spending the night in an apartment unit one floor above which belongs to a single woman. The preposterous one-night-stand snowballs into a major event, for which he is reported gone missing on TV. Lost, Jong Sil becomes more involved with the woman, discovering things about her, as their relationship takes an unexpected turn.

It is decorated on three stages with a live performance of ‘Song of a Thousand Years, Reverse’ by the National Orchestra of Korea. The first stage is composer Na Hyo-shin's 'Like That Pine Tree', based on the theme of 'pine trees' from poet Yun Seon-do's poem 'Ouga'. The second stage is the 'Heungboga's gourd riding section' with master singer Ahn Sook-seon as a collaborator. The last one is ‘A Heavenly Woman’s Song, Reverse’, which Lee O-ryeong participated in writing the lyrics and Woo Hyo-won composed.

Infighting breaks out between factions of the Communist Party over whether to back the U.N. Trusteeship under which the Korean Peninsula is to be divided between U.S. and Soviet control. One faction hires a hit man to kill the leader of the opposing faction. The hit man is known as the best in his field, yet is also known for having a heart.