雷蔵の死により12作に及んだ“眠狂四郎“シリーズは終了したが、その3ヵ月後、早くも松方弘樹主演によって復活した。ベテラン監督・森一生も“狂四郎“シリーズは初めての演出。将軍・家斉の世継ぎ・家慶になりすました双子の弟の、陰謀に巻き込まれる狂四郎の活躍を描く。
20多岁的Na-young（全度妍 饰）生活工作都十分稳定，但她与母亲的关系不太好，两母女无法亲近。可是父亲的突然离去让他们的家失去了平静。她离开了母亲，到了父亲曾经生活过的小岛，在这个美丽的小岛上，她竟然遇到了一个与自己样子一模一样的少女Yeon-soon。Yeon-soon的快乐与Na-young的失落成为了鲜明的对比。相处下来，Na-young发现了Yeon-soon的真实身份，令她惊讶不已。
The true story is of Ivan Sanchin, the KGB officer who was Stalin's private film projectionist from 1939 until Stalin's death. Told from Sanchin's view, the sympathetic but tragically flawed hero, squirrel, maintains unwavering faith in his "Master" despite the arrest of his neighbors and his involvement with their daughter, his wife's affair with the chilling State Security chief Lavrentii Beria and her tragic decline, and the deadly political machinations within the Kremlin he witnesses firsthand.
