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. (Source: KoreanDramaOrg; TheMovieDB.org) ~~ Adapted from the autobiography "Yalu River Flows" (압록강은 흐른다) by Lee Mi Reuk (이미륵).