The police working in central Seoul attempt to carry out their duties with kindness and consideration for the citizens whom they protect. They take a special interest in helping the poor and clearing out the red light districts
A boy is raised by an underworld boss after the death of his parents in the Korean War. As a young adult, he falls in love with a nightclub pianist and attempts to leave his life of crime, ...
When Heo Sang-won fails to force Jeong-nam's mother into marriage as a way of securing her land, he punishes the family by confiscating their calf to balance their debt to him. The young ...
An employee in a large company is treated like family by his co-workers, so they are shocked when he betrays them all in a dramatic bid to gain control of the business.
A young woman is very much in love, but her parent's oppose her marriage plans because her boyfriend works as a singing clown. The clown attempts changing his career plans and finally ...
A student protester is injured when police break up a demonstration. He is aided by a prostitute and falls in love with her despite their age difference. His employer know the situation but...
Jeong-a and Won-guk survived the massacre of their village by pro-Japanese forces when they were children. Now adults, they seek revenge on the man they hold responsible.
Bok-nyeo gets married to a poor Joseon's aristrocart and lives a hard life to survive. She pays her family's living by catching caterpillars in a forest reserve. But she loses her job in ...
Jang-su and Su-myeong go to live in Seoul, but Jang-su loses his hand in a street fight. He returns to his hometown alone and helps take care Sun-nyeo who is expecting Su-myeong's baby. ...
King Sejo regrets dethroning and subsequently executing his predecessor, Kin Danjong. To ease his guilty conscience, he constructs a temple in honor of those he killed in his drive to secure his position.
Jeong-su and Cheol-ho desert from forced service in the Japanese military and hide in Manchuria, taking jobs in a gold mine. Cheol-ho is accused of stealing and makes his way to the safety ...
A middle-aged toystore owner raising his two daughters alone, falls in love with the widow who researches children's play habits for a doll manufacturing company
Sisters Jang-hwa and Hong-ryeon are murdered by their step-brother under orders from his mother so the two of them can inherit the property belonging to the girl's father. But the sister's come back as ghosts seeking justice
A man commits murder so he can afford to send his girlfriend overseas for an operation that will restore her sight.
Jang-bae escapes from prison where he was unjustly placed by his enemy, Min-chung, 20 years earlier. He locates his daughter and learns that Min-chung attacked his family. Most were killed ...
An investigation of a motorcycle gang gets sidetracked as the police unit uncovers a case of child abuse and kidnapping.
A man's brother is killed by rogue troops following the end of World War II. He joins up with the roving band, intent on slaying them in vengeance from within their ranks
A woman attempts to help her small village by changing its primary source of income from open-water fishing to clam farming, but meets with opposition from the fleet owners.
This is another film which deals with the suffering of women. Eldest daughter Bun-rye is deeply distressed after she is raped by Yong-pal. To make things worse, she is treated coldly by the...
A group of young women from the country arrive in Seoul to take jobs as drivers unaware just how difficult their jobs are and how dishonest men can be.