Yodok is the name of one of the North Korean con­cen­tra­tion camps. The film has seven prot­ag­on­ists  — ex-​​prisoners of the con­cen­tra­tion camps. They take part in mak­ing a musical in dif­fer­ent ways. The musical is based on their authen­tic stor­ies. One of the char­ac­ters was a per­sonal body­guard of Kim Jong Ill. He escaped to China, and then was taken back to North Korea, where he had been tor­tured for half a year and imprisoned in the con­cen­tra­tion camp. The lead­ing North Korean dan­cer became the musical’s cho­reo­grapher. She spent 8 years in the camp, and lost her par­ents and child there. We also watch a former prison guard, who was an exe­cu­tioner in the camp, and in Seoul he makes friends with his victims.