As a result of a military coup in December 1979, Chun Doo-hwan became the President of South Korea. After the shooting of a student demonstration in the city of Gwangju, local residents decided to protest against the regime. The dictator sent military units to suppress the uprising. Meanwhile, a German newspaper reporter in Tokyo decided to infiltrate Gwangju to report the truth about the situation in Korea to the outside world. A simple Seoul taxi driver named Man-seop, who had no idea that he would soon be hiding from military patrols, was tasked with transporting the German reporter to and from the war zone.