Kim Jeong-ho's father died due to an erroneous map. Because of this, Kim Jeong-ho has a strong desire to make his own map. He begins a complete block map of Joseon.

School nurse Alice Goodwin (Sigourney Weaver) lives with her husband (David Strathairn) and two daughters (Dara Perlmutter and Kayla Perlmutter) on a dairy farm in a small Wisconsin community.