A story that follows the lives and interactions of two Buddhist monks living in South Korea.
The story is set in the 1970s during the period of military dictatorship. Schools were frequently closed and society seemed to face bleak prospects on all fronts. Nonetheless, Byung-tae, a college student, enjoys pursuing romance in blind group dates. It's during one of these ventures that he meets Young-ja, a French literature student.
A man and a woman fall for one another, but she is haunted by her troubled history with men.
