青年金子彻平（加濑亮饰）在高峰期乘上了地铁，赶往学长介绍的公司面试。不料，他在岸川站下车时，被一个女中学生拉住并被指认为是“痴汉”，彻平因此遭到了逮捕。在警察的严厉质问下，彻平坚称自己没有犯罪。而律师告诉彻平，如果否认犯罪将遭到拘留，一旦被起诉，后果将更加严重。这飞来横祸令彻平茫然失措，与此同时，彻平的母亲丰子（罇真佐子饰）和朋友齐藤达雄（山本耕史饰）为了还彻平清白， 四处奔走寻求帮助。当过法官的资深律师荒川正义（役所广司饰）和年轻的女律师须藤莉子（濑户朝香饰）向他们伸出了援手，一场决定命运的法庭辩论随即展开。

闵子吉（李敏镐 饰）和李斗宪（李济东 饰）是学校里的死对头。一次意外中两人闹了点不愉快，小小的摩擦很快就爆发成为了肢体冲突，好在教导老师及时赶到制止才没有造成受伤事故。作为惩罚，闵子吉必须清洁全校所有老师的车，而李斗宪因为劣迹斑斑，所以被直接处以停学处分。珠媛是闵子吉的女友，她找到了闵子吉，提出了分手的要求，并且告知他自己即将和新男友前往永平滑雪。又气又急的闵子吉偷开了班主任的车，想要追到度假村挽回珠媛，却因为驾驶技术糟糕而引发了大混乱，幸好李斗宪此时骑着摩托车救走了闵子吉，在闵子吉的强烈要求之下，两人决定踏上前往永平的旅途。

Charged with leading demonstrations for the democratization movement, student activist Kim Gi-young (Moon Sung-keun) is a fugitive from the law. He sneaks into a mining village on the verge of being shut down, with a fake ID in hand. Feeling frustrated with the current state of activism, which centers around the intelligentsia, he gets a job as a man-of-all-work at a coal factory and meets the motley inhabitants of the mining village. Dae-sik (Yang Jin-yeong) works to support his family in place of his father, who is in prison for instigating a strike. Detective Kang (Lee Su-chan) always keeps a sharp eye on everything that goes on in the village. Then there are strike organizer Cheon Do-seong (Kang Neung-won), fellow worker Jeong (Hwang Hae), Taek's mother (Kim Kyung-ran), and Sun's mother (Jo Ju-mi). Sung-cheol (Park Joong-hoon), whose father is a local bigshot and the owner of the coal factory, lords it over the neighborhood bars and cafes. Angry at his father (Park Kyu-chae) for leaving his mother and marrying another woman, Sung-cheol vents his resentment on the cafe girls and factory workers. Meanwhile, Young-sook (Shim Hye-jin), who works as a prostitute at the local cafe, is becoming fed up with Sung-cheol's violent and demeaning treatment of her. When she meets Gi-young, who is reserved but warm, she begins to have feelings for him and stops selling sexual favors. As the impending miners' strike darkens the horizon, Gi-young and Young-sook fall in love and enjoy each other's company. Then one day, Sung-cheol receives news of his mother's death and wreaks havoc at the cafe. When Young-sook refuses to satisfy his demands, he starts to beat her up. Gi-young tries to stop him, but his intervention brings him to the attention of Detective Kang and he is hauled off to the police station. Gi-young undergoes torture at the hands of the police, but he is eventually cleared of all charges and released. When he finally comes to through Young-sook's devoted care, he tells her that he is a wanted fugitive. His identity is soon exposed and he is forced to run once more. Young-sook decides to leave the village with him, and heads to the cafefor her things. While making her last coffee delivery, Young-sook runs into Sung-cheol, who tries to stop her from leaving. She ends up killing him, and is dragged off by the police as Gi-young waits for her at the train station.

克里夫兰红人队的老板想将球队搬去迈阿密，于是想尽办法要球队输，以达成和克里夫兰解约的目的，乌合之众的球员该如何是好呢？