Hak-kyu is now a famous, wealthy novelist in Seoul but is rapidly losing his eyesight due to a degenerative disease. He is also estranged from his daughter, , who blames him for her mother's suicide.

Rewinding to 2014: How 18 Scarlet Innocence and the ‘720p Web-DL’ Era Shaped Our Streaming Lifestyle

18 Scarlet Innocence wasn’t just a movie. It was a trophy. You didn’t watch it because it was good (the plot has… issues). You watched it because you could . Because you had hacked the system.