Junko, a Japanese of Korean ancestry, comes to Korea and finds lodging at a guest house, .But the room that she is supposed to stay in belongs to the owner's son, Jong-man. On her first night in Seoul, Junko is forced to share the room with Jong-man and quickly decides she needs to find alternate accommodation. But the owner hopes to keep Junko as a guest and offers Junko free Korean lessons - from Jong-man.