Lee Chan-ho

You earn as much as you work, and you live off that money. This simple proposition has always been a problem for Jung-cheol. At the soybean paste factory he went to work for in the bitter winter, he dreams of travelling to warm Philippines in spring - as long as he survives the winter making his portion of the soybean paste that he promised the boss. But the more he struggles to live, the worse it gets. And soon, the fermentation room turns musty with the black mold spreading from the thousands of ferment boiled soybean lumps.

Hyo-won, who dreams of becoming an actress, arrives at Seoul city after running away from country home with Eun-seo, who dropped out of high school. They are excited with their own hopes for the future. Hyo-won starts taking acting lessons from leading actor Su-yeon to become a member of the theater company. Eun-seo starts to work at a shabby restaurant when Hyo-won's lesson fee is urgent. Su-yeon teaches Hyo-won. Acting... It's about fully understanding and expressing other people's pain. But Hyo-won doesn't understand Eun-seo's pain. The same goes for Eun-seo. Life is full of questions for them