Harbin

In 1908, Korean independence fighters led by Ahn Jung-geun defeat the Japanese army in a battle on Mount Sina near Korea's northern border. General Ahn then releases Japanese prisoners of war in accordance with the laws of war - an act that arouses suspicion and causes a rift within the resistance movement.

A year later, a group of activists gathers in Vladivostok - Ahn Jung-geun, Woo Duk-soon, Kim Sang-hyun, Mrs. Gong, Choi Jae-hyung, and Lee Chang-sup - determined to reclaim their homeland. When they learn that Japanese statesman and first resident-general of occupied Korea Ito Hirobumi is heading to Manchuria for negotiations with Russia, Ahn and his men set out for Harbin. The Japanese army, armed with intelligence about the resistance operation, immediately launches a pursuit...