The pupils of rival martial arts schools attempt to destroy each other using super-martial arts and spells raising the dead.

In Ching Dynasty, surviving retainers of Ming Dynasty swears with blood to restore their country. Hwang Baek who is greedy for power, brutally kills them but the master Mok-ryun defeats him every time. Kang Shi-baek, the lord of Haedong, has a daughter, Chung-chung, who is engaged with Chon-ryong. Baek-ho asks to marry her also. Hwang-baek plots against Kang Shi-baek and puts him in jail. When Kang Shi-baek's head was about to be cut off, two of the masters Mok-ryun show up and rid of Hwang-baek group. Chon-ryong matches against and beats Hwang-baek and leaves with Chung-chung.

A vengeful spirit passes herself of as human and gains a family's trust, only to murder them one-by-one.

敬民在一场惊慌的战争中，在为北方俘虏，被关在收容所中，在仅存呼吸空间没有自由的俘虏收容所中，有南韩出生的海军少领、苏联留学生、前收容所长、被冠上反动份子的外交部长女儿银淑、银京和一位日本女人等，他们都K毅力生活着。
在那里敬民巧遇小时的死党平山，他因失恋而选择越界远离伤心之地，来到北韩，成为政治部上尉，但他所爱的人却爱着敬民，愤怒的他竭尽所能的要击败敬民，并彻底让他崩溃。敬民在如此饱受艰苦的逆境中对世界仍然抱着无限的希望。
2003年韩国公认最佳男主角车仁表挑战最血腥残酷的角色。荣获第十二届黄金拍摄奖金奖，特别奖，最佳导演，最佳照明，第三十九届柏林影展参赛作品。