Do-won (Jung Woo-sung) is a hunter who hunts anything for money including criminals with rewards on their heads.

Chang-yi (Lee Byung-hun) is the leader of a group of bandits. He cannot stand to be second best.

Tae-goo (Song Kang-ho) is a self-commando train robber with nine lives.

The three strangers start off on a chase across the continent to take possession of the strange map Tae-goo discovers while robbing the train.