A veteran gangster looking to retire from a life of crime in the violent port town of Kuam, Korea unexpectedly gets caught in the middle of a mob war with bloody consequences.

Set in the 19th century, when lowly butcher Dol Moo-Chi refuses to carry out an assignment, his failure causes tragedy to unfold upon his family and himself. As Dol Moo-Chi is about to be executed, a group of righteous thieves known as Kundo arrive.