基丰与母亲相依为命地生活在南部一个美丽安宁的小村庄里，村子就在海边，村里的路就是基丰每天生活的轨迹，他每天都在那里跑着。妈妈已是满头白发，行动很不方便，毕竟快要八十岁的人了。基丰四十岁，在村里的一家小饭馆的后厨帮忙做些工作，没有人给他工钱，所能得到的就是一些剩下来的蔬菜什么的。做完一天的活，老板把这微薄的报酬交给他后，基丰总是顺着村里的路跑回家把菜送去给妈妈。这样的生活基丰感到很满足，他每天就这样奔跑着，赤着脚，人们每天都能看见他在那里跑来跑去。村里人都叫他“光脚的基丰”。

Ki-bong is a man who suffered brain damage as a child and who has the emotional maturity of an 8-year. The village people call him 'Barefoot Ki-Bong' because he runs barefoot with food he has begged and serves his mother before it gets cold. Running is Ki-Bong' greatest skill. It is his mother that Ki-bong loves the most. Ki-bong decides to take part in the National Amateur Half Marathon' in order to buy artificial teeth for his mother with the prize money, and works hard looking forward to the day of the race. Mr. BAEK, the head of the village, volunteers to be Ki-bong's trainer. The village people realize what family and love between family members mean to them when they see Ki-bong, who is considered a non-entity, working hard for the competition. The village gets changed by the efforts of Ki-bong and Mr. BAEK.

남해의 아름다운 바다가 보이는 한적한 시골 ‘다랭이’ 마을에는 어려서 열병을 앓아 나이는 40살이지만 지능은 8살에 머문 때묻지 않은 노총각 기봉이 산다. 기봉이 세상에서 제일 사랑하는 것은 엄마, 제일 잘하는 것은 달리기이다. 동네 허드렛일을 하면서 얻어오는 음식거리를 엄마에게 빨리 가져다 주고 싶은 마음에 신발도 신지 않은 채 집으로 뛰어가 따뜻한 밥상을 차리는 그를 보고 동네 사람들은 ‘맨발의 기봉이’라고 부른다.