

Stumbling upon a factory where the brothers have children’s organs removed to accommodate the drugs, Tae-sik rescues one child just before surgery and becomes enraged at the prospect that So-mi may already be dead. In the process, he discovers that their drug ring operates around kidnapped children. Now on the run, Tae-sik pursues Man-sik and Jong-sik. Known as ajusshi to everyone in the neighborhood, Tae Sik mostly keeps to himself and only befriends a young girl named So Mi (Kim Sae Ron), who comes to hang out at his shop when her drug-addicted mom, Hyo. Cha Tae Sik (Won Bin) owns a run-down pawn shop in a sketchy neighborhood.

He fights off half a dozen detectives and escapes from the police station. A former Army Intelligence spy is forced to give up his quiet existence to save the life of a little girl. At the same time, Hyo-jeong’s disemboweled body is discovered, and Tae-sik realizes that So-mi’s life may also be in danger. However, the delivery was part of a larger plot to eliminate a rival drug ring leader, Mr. Tae-sik makes the decision to face the outside world in order to rescue So-mi. Mistaking Tae-sik for another mule, the brothers that lead the gang―Man-sik and Jong-sik―promise to release Hyo-jeong and So-mi if Tae-sik makes a delivery for them.

When the traffickers find out, they kidnap both Hyo-jeong and So-mi. So-mi’s mother, Hyo-jeong, smuggles drugs for a drug trafficking organization and entrusts Tae-sik with the product. His only connection to the rest of the world is a little girl, So-mi, who lives nearby. Having once done time behind bars, CHA Tae-sik now leads a quiet life.
