This drama portrays the turbulent life of Lee Mi Reuk, a Korean expatriate who fought for the freedom of his country while studying medicine in Tokyo, during the period when Korea was under Japanese colonial rule. He fled to China and eventually settled in Germany.

以朝鮮時期的"外知部"為背景, 描述為受到冤屈的百姓努力的女人玉女(李瑞媛)的故事。