During the Korean War, Kang, a South Korean soldier captured by the North Korean army, escapes from a POW camp and collapses with severe injuries. He is found by Myeong-shin, a female student at Kim Il-sung University, who takes him home and nurses him back to health. After regaining his health, he and Myeong-shin rescue three South Korean soldiers from a Pyongyang POW camp and plan to escape south.