In 1923, teenager Kim Shun-Pei moves from Cheju Island, in South Korea, to Osaka, in Japan. Along the years, he becomes a cruel, greedy and violent man and builds a factory of kamaboko, processed seafood products, in his poor Korean-Japanese community exploiting his employees.
A government employee meets a hostess of a "pink club," and together they set out on a journey.
A middle school teacher falls in love with a hostess and they end up quickly getting engaged and moving in together.
