While planning to stage new Korean plays in Joseon, Kim U-jin meets music student Yun Sim-deok, who wonders why he'd risk doing so under Japanese rule.

Sim-deok wants to know about U-jin’s dream and decides to go with the theater troupe to visit his family home in Mokpo, where a surprise awaits her.

U-jin's family finds he hasn’t come home. Sim-deok gets a recording contract and U-jin resolves to live for his writing -- and for the woman he loves.