During the 1980s, Jang-geun, the new teacher at Cheongsol Village, runs into problems during his travels. The village folk mistake Kong Young-tan, a former inmate at the government's re-education camp, as the missing teacher.

Im Chang-jung
as Kong Young-Tan

Park Jin-hee
as Sun-Mi

Im Hyun-sik
as Town Chief

Lee Dae-ro
as north village leader

Lee Han-wi
as Jong-seok

Shim Won-cheol
as Duk-Yong

Lee Sang-hun
as Dong-Yub

Kim Na-woon
as Young-Hee's mother

Ryoo Seung-bum
as Jang-Geun

Kim Hie-won
as Staff Sergeant Kim