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