The Man from Nowhere

Cha Tae-sik is a quiet man running a pawnshop. His only friend is a little girl, So-mi, who lives in the same neighborhood. So-mi's mother, Hyo-jeong, is a go-go dancer and heroin addict.

Instructed by her lover, Hyo-jeong steals a large pack of heroin being sold at the bar where she works and hides it in a camera bag, which she pawns to Tae-sik for safe keeping. Her action attracts the attention of crime lord Oh Myung-gyu, who tasks his subordinates, brothers Man-Seok and Jong-seok, to retrieve the drugs. Jong-seok locates Hyo-jeong, tortures her in front of So-mi, and forces her to reveal where the drug is. His lackeys, Du-chi and Bear, go to Tae-sik's place to intimidate him, but he easily overpowers them.