The Man with Three Coffins

Mulchi is a small northern town where Sun-seok begins his journey, staying in an inn with hikers. The route then threads north toward Wolsan and onward to Wontong, shaping his memories along the way. Snow-covered roads and the Auraji River accompany him as he moves toward Seoul, his final destination.

💔 Grief

Sun-seok's wife's death drives the journey, with her ashes symbolizing memory that cannot be laid to rest. He seeks solace by encountering three women who resemble his wife, blurring the line between mourning and obsession. The encounters force him to confront how memory shapes his choices, including risk-taking on strangers' behalf. The film uses grief as propulsion for travel and transformation.

👥 Identity

The three look-alike women disrupt Sun-seok's sense of reality, turning the road into a corridor of echoes. They become mirrors of desire and guilt, challenging what it means to love someone who is gone. The narrative toys with the boundaries between living and memory, self and other. Each encounter tests whether identity can endure the passage of time or if it collapses into longing.

🌊 Fate & Ritual

The Auraji River acts as a symbolic boundary between past and future, guiding the journey northward. The ending's shaman ritual and the looming hand imply forces beyond human control shaping life and memory. The snow-swept voyage suggests that fate intercepts personal will in surprising, unsettling ways. The film merges road-trip realism with spiritual imagery to mirror inner uncertainty.