 A story of two 13-year-old boys in a small country village during the last days of the Korean War. Sungmin s father gets a job at US army camp through his daughter s American boyfriend, and the family gets richer. But Changhee s father has been long-lost and his mother can t even afford one meal a day for her children. One day, the boys peep into a deserted mill-house which is unofficially used for prostitution, and find out Changhee s mother with a GI soldier. Changhee sets fire to the place and runs away. Months later, Sungmin hears a rumor that his best friend has been killed by a group of angry American soldiers and makes an empty grave with other boys. A year later, Sungmin s father gets fired for stealing things from the camp. Sangmin goes to Changhee s grave to bid farewell and the family leaves the village.