In full military uniform, Chad is welcomed back to his Midwestern hometown by new and old friends alike. From the bus stop, Chad works his way through his old stomping grounds, getting reacquainted with a drink at each stop and catching up on old times. Along the way Chad is joined by Camille who idolized him when he was a star on the high school baseball team. As his one-man parade winds its way through town, the enthusiasm for Chad's service and glory days soon fades as he's reunited with more 'friends' from his past.

In 2000, in the era of inter-Korean reconciliation, 63 non-converted prisoners were repatriated to the North, and a 2nd repatriation movement was launched in 2001 but failed again and again in later years. As of 2022, the average age of the surviving secondary repatriation applicants is 91.

冷战时期，一批任务失败的北韩间谍被南韩政府囚禁，身陷囹圄超过30年后，终因两韩关系改善而被释放。 南朝鲜独立电影的领军人物金东园于1992年摄制的纪录片《送还》，是一部讲述北朝鲜人到南方进行情报搜集活动的影片，同时也反映了上世纪40、50年代南朝鲜的监狱状况，以及南朝鲜到北方的探亲活动。该影片在南朝鲜长时间被列入禁片。

被譽為「韓國紀錄片之父」的金東元，自1992年開始拍攝一群困留南韓的前北韓間諜，2003年完成經典作品《遣返》後，續作《第二次遣返》製作完成。被攝者們如今已逾90歲，仍嚮往遣返回鄉，卻一再受國際政治與南北韓關係牽連，始終無法如願。兩部作品完整呈現長達30年的緻密紀錄，照見時代在個人身上留下的傷。