Moon Suk-bum

Pong Ddol dreams of forming a band, but money is a problem, and there's little chance they'll find any. Pong Ddol offers Chul-wook the job of band manager if he helps with financing.

Avril 1948, île de Jeju, Corée du Sud. La commémoration de la résistance coréenne à la domination japonaise est réprimée par la police. Le gouvernement de Séoul envoie des soldats sur l'île. Un ordre est donné par l'armée américaine : toutes les personnes vivant 5 km en dehors de la péninsule sud-coréenne sont étiquetées comme rebelles communistes et peuvent être exécutées à vue.

Yeong-joo, a former synchronized swimming athlete goes to Jeju Island to put together a synchronized swimming team for a performance. She slowly befriends the haenyeo, or female divers, and gradually begins to fit into their way of life.

An old man living on the island of Mireukdo lives a self-sufficient life, adhering to ascetic principles typical of a monk. Now and then the phone rings and shortly thereafter a visitor arrives; the old man dutifully prepares rice cakes for them. The cakes are the last meal these visitors will eat before embarking on the seemingly long journey to the next world. The first to arrive is an angler, then a rat, and the last a teacher and two students.

Yong-pil gives up his dream of becoming a singer after an accident at a village in Jeju-do. This film depicts the hilarious conflict among Yong-pil, Bbong-ttol, dancer Kim, and Samchuni who follow him and the routine lives of villagers.