Mob boss Don Carini (Harvey Keitel) is retiring from the mafia business – but when he gathers the family to announce his heir, 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 fami-lee before he winds up snoring with the fishes?