Mr. Jang lives alone in a small dormitory in Sillim-dong. He’s poor but kindhearted. He lends money to a young man who lives in the same dormitory. The youth repays him by stealing his job. What is worse, he is swindled by a neighborhood woman whom he met on the street. Mr. Jang feels as though his life is slipping away. Then he accidentally causes someone’s death and sinks into a deep depression.