The father of the director is a "Nogada", which means day laborer, and his profession is carpentry at building sites. Through him, the director is exposed to the humiliation and difficulties of working in greedy capitalistic conditions. Construction companies at the top of the pyramid use subcontractors who in turn use the Nogadas; paying them a low daily wage, without even minimal social conditions, no safeguards for dangerous work, and of course they are discarded like obsolete tools when they get old - like her father.

Not only does Kim Mi-re the director, document her father''s life after being thrown into the streets during an economic crisis, but she also present the historical background, and follows these workers'' struggle in both South Korea and Japan. Alongside them, she bursts into the offices of the heads of the pyramid, demanding they take responsibility for the subcontractors who regularly suspend the workers wages. This situation often leads to many of the Nogadas loosing their homes, living in public parks and railway stations.

This is a film about the sense of hopelessness caused by long years of social struggle, the results of which are negligible.