It is the late 1920s when six-year-old Yingzi and her family move to Beijing. As Yingzi explores the busy streets and alleys, she befriends a widow who, driven mad by grief, stands vigil at the entrance of her hutong, waiting for her missing daughter to return.

因为偶然的机缘，懵懵懂懂的富家子弟车大雄（李胜基 饰）解救了被封印在三神庙一幅画中超过五百年的九尾狐（申敏儿 饰）。这一人一妖的命运从此联系在一起。九尾狐随大雄来到首尔，现代文明让这个神话中的妖怪闹出不少笑话，她聪明非常，极端爱吃肉，为散漫鬼马的大雄生活中增添许多乐趣。随着时光的流逝，他们打打闹闹，竟渐渐也萌生了感情。大雄拥有九尾狐的狐狸珠，这颗珠子吸收100天人气后，会使九尾狐变成人类，然而这却会牺牲大雄的性命。 在这个物欲横流、冷酷冰冷的现代社会中，他们神话般的缘分最终将会如何？

Depicts the life of a family in a remote Japanese timber village. Family head Tahara Kozo lives with his mother Sachiko, wife Yasuyo, nephew Eisuke and young daughter Michiru. Economic recession and failed development plans cause tragedy in the family.