《赤道的男人》讲述的是拥有着炙热欲望的4位男女主人公的爱情故事。揭示“人类的爱情与厌恶，到底哪里才是尽头”的主题。因无法预知明天，因此今天是最开心的；又因为无从知晓明天，因此对明天充满畏惧。爱情、欲望、希望，既能让人活下去，也能让人痴狂 …… 金善宇（严泰雄 饰）本是喜欢打架闹事的问题青年，却与家境贫寒的优等生李长日（李浚赫 饰）成为惺惺相惜的朋友，两人本来死寂般的生活因为对方有了新的生命。善宇父亲突然自杀，追查真相的他也受伤失明，但因此邂逅了打工女韩智媛（李宝英 饰）并陷入爱河。几经波折的两人最后被迫分开，善宇更远赴美国。 多年后再次回来，善宇已是商业精英，长日也成为明星检察官，面对同样的爱人和埋藏在两人心底的秘密，两人究竟将如何继续生活…… 为了爱情赌上所有的孤寂，为了报仇留下的斑斑伤痕，被逼到悬崖边上的炙热欲望，就是“赤道的男人”的故事。One the driven top student and the other a happy-go-lucky troublemaker, Jang-il (Siwan) and Sun-woo (Lee Hyun-woo) become unlikely buddies in high school, both poor but proud in their own ways. Their fathers both have ties to a powerful businessman who orders Jang-il's father to kill Sun-woo's father. One desperate crime begets another, and the boys' friendship derails in a shocking betrayal. The attack leaves Sun-woo blind and in a coma.[12] Thirteen years later, their fates will come to a head when they meet again as adults. Jang-il (Lee Joon-hyuk) has become a prosecutor haunted by his past, while Sun-woo (Uhm Tae-woong), the young CEO of investment trust company Royal Tree, is plotting his revenge. Their fates are intertwined with the women they love-Ji-won (Lee Bo-young), a volunteer reader for visually impaired people who now works as a VIP party planner at a five-star hotel, and Soo-mi (Im Jung-eun), a hyper-realism painter. As Jang-il and Sun-woo vow to destroy each other, the...
