A once promising baseball star is constantly hunted by two hitmen when a young boy asks him to sell his baseball jacket. A high school student acquires a sleep control device to help him with his exams, and ends up getting more acquainted with the seller in the process. A prison guard buys a guitar and plays one last song with a rock band after he finds out that his number has been called up… to be an executioner. An English tutor and amateur journalist investigating a murder case makes an offer to gain information on the involvement of … a once promising baseball star.GOOD DEAL is a woven tapestry of the interconnected lives of people striving through the day-to-day of contemporary Korean society. Quite a spectrum of themes are covered: romance, crime, sports, famly, work, and even Russian literature! As each of its characters seek to make a “deal” with another person to help them stay ahead or even stay alive, they find their interactions much more involved and complex than they first thought. Written and directed by Cho Kyuong-ho, the film mixes wickedly dark humor and sincere sentimentality through its interwoven yet still seamlessly linear style of storytelling.

你知道梦想的路该怎么走吗？在人生中遇见挫折，你会是如何选择？如何前进的？游泳选手游胜哲触摸心底的灵魂，选择的是不同的人生还是突破障碍？

高中时年少懵懂的纯纯爱恋，经过长达十年的磨合，期间感情不断地变化，从心碎争执、失恋痛苦直到重新恋爱，不断重复纠缠在一起。这是属于一个只看着一个女人的「纯情男子」（金英光 饰），以及猜不透内心想法的「初恋女子」（朴宝英 饰）两人间的爱情故事，恋爱的酸甜苦辣即将展开……

热爱绘画的19岁青年安冈邦彦（真田广之 饰）考入某大学的美术系，但他的人生却发生变故。母亲遽然离世，给了这个未经世事的青年莫大打击。在道顿堀川旁经营咖啡店的中年男子武内铁男（山崎努 饰）同情邦彦的遭遇，于是出资安葬了他的母亲，并将其留在店中帮工。铁男的儿子政夫（佐藤浩市 饰）痴迷桌球和赌博，父子俩为此关系紧张，于是铁男对拥有远大理想的邦彦视同己出，呵护备至，而政夫则在赌球的泥潭中越陷越深。某日，邦彦在桥上写生时邂逅了风姿绰约的真知子（松坂庆子 饰），奇妙的因缘在这一刻悄悄展开……本片根据宫本辉“河流三部曲”（《泥之河》、《萤之川》、《道顿堀川》）中的同名原著改编。