Alive
You make as much money as you put in, and you live off it. Jung-cheol has struggled with this seemingly basic idea his entire life. After creating his promised quantity of soybean paste, he hopes to travel to the balmy Philippines in spring, if he makes it through the harsh winter at the soybean paste factory. His condition worsens as he fights for his life. The fermentation room quickly becomes musty as the black mold from the tens of thousands of fermented soybean lumps spreads across the space.