This film is based on the surrealistic novella, A Wanderer Never Rests Even On the Road. The hero, if he can be called such, is Yang, a widower who decides to scatter his departed wife's ashes in her homeland. He embarks on a haphazard journey to Kang-won province, encountering all manner of people and intrigues. Among those he encounters is a paralyzed octogenarian from North Korea who is under the care of a young nurse. Yang forms a bond with the nurse who, being alone, is attempting to start a new life. Their time together leads them to a curious exorcism and the spirit of Yang's dead wife. Director Myung-won Lee is one of Korea's most adventurous filmmakers as his earlier works, Home of the Stars and Fine and Windy Day, attest. For The Man With Three Coffins, he employed photographic effects and a strong dose of sepia to fortify the airy unrest of the film. The popular star Bo-hee Lee plays the three leading female roles, devising an obscure object of desire for our troubled wanderer.