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Obaltan (; also known as Aimless Bullet and Stray Bullet) is a 1961 South Korean tragedy film directed by Yu Hyun-mok. The plot is based on the novella of the same name by Yi Beomseon. It has often been called the best Korean movie ever made.
Myeongsuk's former fiancé is also a war veteran who was left crippled and now needs crutches to walk. He calls off the engagement, believing that he would only be a burden.
Yeongho befriends an actress named Miri. Miri aims to help Yeongho get a job by casting him in a film. While reading his lines from the script, Yeongho realises that his character is being judged for his appearance, which is scarred from the Korean War. Choosing dignity over a rare chance to earn money, Yeongho quits the film. However, he later regrets his decision and wonders if he was too rash to leave such a promising job.
He then meets Seol-hui, a former nurse who tended to him in hospital during the Korean War. They confess their love for each other; however, Seol-hui is later killed in a murder-suicide by her neighbour, who was obsessed with her. Seeing her with Yeongho drove the neighbour mad with jealousy. He pushed Seol-hui off the roof of their apartment building and then jumped off after her.
The final part of the film portrays Yeongho robbing a bank with a gun he had secretly stolen from Seol-hui. After being caught by the police, Yeongho hands over the money and then his gun, breaking down into tears as he is arrested. Now in jail, Yeongho tells Cheolho to take his niece, Hae Ok, on a trip and to be a good father to his wife's child.
After hearing that his wife had died in childbirth and failing to see either her body or the baby, who had survived, Cheolho finally decided to visit the dentist. Although the dentist finds that two of Cheolho's teeth must be removed, he refuses to remove more than one tooth on the same day. He tells the taxi driver to take him to the police station to see his brother. However, once they arrive, he orders the driver to continue, repeatedly echoing his mother's plea, "Let's get out of here!" With his family gone and his toothache still troubling him, the taxi continues to drive aimlessly, leaving Cheolho's fate unknown.
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