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ScorchingSunissetinthe1930s,whenKoreawasstillunderJapaneseoccupation.Chun-ho(HahMyung-joong)andhiswifeSun-ie(ChoYong-won)wanderfromplacetoplacebeforesettlinginaminingvillage.ButthevillageistakenoverbytheJapaneseandChun-holoseshisjob.BelievingabarhostessnamedHyang-sim(LeeHye-young)whensheofferstointroducehimto"anunclewhodoesbigbusinesswithaJapanesemaninSeoul,"Chun-hobullieshiswifeintoprocuringthenecessaryfunds.Sun-iegoestoborrowmoneyfromMr.Lee'smistress,whoisaloanshark,butrunsintoMr.Leeinstead.Whenhetriestorapeher,sheresistsstrenuouslyuntilheoffershermoney,atwhichpointsheallowshimtohavehiswaywithher,asbittertearsrundownherface.Withthemoneyinhand,Chun-hoaccompaniesHyang-simtoSeoultomeetheruncle.Meanwhile,thebodyofawomanwhowasrapedbyMr.Leeaftershefailedtopaybackthemoneysheowedfloatsdowntheriver.Enraged,thevillagersstormMr.Kim'shouse,whereheliveswithhismistress,andthebarownedbyHyang-sim,whowasplantedtherebyMr.Kimhimself.Chun-horeturnshomeandpacksuphisthingsinordertoleavethevillagewithHyang-sim,butthevillagerssetuponhim.WhileSun-iefightstofendthemoff,Chun-hofleesthroughdesperateeffort.HewandersalloverthecountryinsearchofHyang-sim,andeventuallyrunsintoHyang-sim'suncle.Butherso-called"uncle"turnsouttobeherhusband,atuberculosispatientwhocannotevenspeakproperly;Hyang-simhadbecomeabarhostesstosupporthersickhusbandandchild.UnabletosayonewordtoHyang-sim,Chun-horeturnstoSun-ie,whomhefindslaidupinbed.Hetakeshertothehospital,andlearnsthatherlifeisindangerbecausethebabyinsideherbellyhasbeendeadforalongtime.Sun-ierefusestoundergosurgery,andChun-hodepartswithhisprostratewifeonhisback.