Mob boss Don Carini (Harvey Keitel) is retiring from the Mafia business but when he gathers the family to announce his heir, the Don surprises everyone by anointing his goofy adopted son Young-gu (Hyung-Rae Shim) as the next godfather. With everyone gunning for his job - and his father pressuring him to succeed - will Young-gu overcome his enemies and rise to become the head of the family before he winds up snoring with the fishes?