Young Doo-soo works at the popular Garak Market, while lying to his parents, saying he has a regular job in a company. His boss makes him discover his potential for Korean traditional chess and encourages Doo-soo to use it for gambling. Yet he has a goal: help the poorest people of his neighborhood, boosted by his girlfriend who is involved into social activism. Will Doo-soo manage to change his life, or even... start a revolution?
One of the example of the vitality of the young Korean Cinema, Garak Market Revolution gives a delicate and funny insight of modern South Korea, with a hopeful social message