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Off the coast of korea lies Cheju Island. It is a time of great turbulence for
Cheju as the forces of imperialism threaten the island. Under urgent
circumstances, YI Jae-su, a messenger boy, who was dreaming of a
simple life with Sook-hwa, a beautiful young girl, becomes commander of
the rebel forces in the Cheju Insurrection of 1901. At the very moment of
accepting his position as commander, YI Jae-su realizes he can no longer
be who he was and that there was no a turning back. As he is confronted
with the questions of good and evil, a test of loyalty, and the bittersweet
nature of history. Not taking any perspective, the film sides merely with a
crow which appears throughout the story as both narrative and symbolic
device. The film is about YI Jae-su, a forgotten man whose life was hit by
the violent winds of history blowing through Northeast Asia one hundred
years ago, and ended up losing his head. As the director states, "What rises
to the surfaces is that the past is not 'lost' time, but rather a time 'continued'
into the present."