The Crippled Journey

Proverb: A crippled person’s long journey (절름발이 원행) – A saying criticizing someone incompetent trying to do something beyond their capabilities.

Lee Seonjae, the brains behind the loan shark operation Ilgwang Financial, betrays his organization and is reborn under the name Kim Taeheun. After 16 days in a safe house, he relocates to the rural village of Dongjamri under the guidance of his assigned detective. The house he’ll be staying in is occupied by a father and his young daughter. The man’s name is Yoon Gibeom. 

A quiet and shy man, he is a farmer through and through. He is also an affectionate and responsible father. Taeheun, who has never experienced parental love, observes the affectionate father-daughter duo with a mixture of envy and fascination, quickly becoming captivated by their lives – their seemingly ordinary, unremarkable lives. He even volunteers to follow Gibeom around, engaging in farm work, something he’s never done before…

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Top: Kim Taeheun – 31 years old, city man from Seoul, (former) director/manager, (currently) unemployed

Bottom: Yoon Gibeom – 33 years old, country man, farmer, single father