Seol becomes impatient waiting for her husband who has gone to Pusan, leaving her behind in Seoul to care for her father-in-law. She decides to go to Pusan to find him and demand that her comes home, but what she finds instead is love.
Yeong-mi swears that she will revenge herself against Ku Yeon-su after he ruins her family. First she gains his trust and eventually moves in with him. Then she sets her plans of his destruction in motion.
Eun-ji was forced to give up her fiance and marry an cold, older man. Twenty years later, she meets her fiance again, but he as eloped with her daughter in order to torment Eun-ji whom he believes deserted him.
Ho grows up with a keen sense of honor and justice. Looking at life around him under colonialism, he decides to right the wrongs he sees. Gathering a group of seven others like himself from...
Ae-ran works as a hostess in a seedy bar but manages to ward off all temptation while she waits hopelessly for her fiance to return. Unknown to her, the man she is waiting for is engaged to be married to another woman.
A nobleman sends his daughter to the king as a concubine in order to gain personal power and favors from the monarch. Her lover follows her into the palace disguised as a eunuch. They ...
A woman raised by her cruel aunt runs away from home. She gets a job in a bar run by her mother, although at first they do not realize their connection.
The king orders Park Hae-cheon to travel across Korea and gather the most talented and beautiful kisaengs to prepare for an important state banquet.
A lonely old potter saves the life of a young woman. She is grateful to him, but does not return the love he feels for her. However she feels obligated to marry him. In time, her former ...
Min-gyu and his wife Sang-hie have been raising their friend's son as their own for years, never imagining that the friend would one day turn up on their doorstep to claim his child.
When King Myeong-jong dies, his son takes the throne and the old king's concubines are expelled. One of the concubines becomes pregnant. Believing that only she knows the true father, she ...
The Special Investigation Unit enlists the reluctant aid of Kim Su-san, the mistress of Lim Chang-shik who is the head of the illegal communist party is South Korea. First she is convinced ...
Mrs Yun has been raising her daughter alone since she was divorced from her husband 17 years ago. They had broken up over her husbands one-night stand. When her ex-husband reappears in her ...
A man returns to a fog enshrouded village where he had recovered from a lung infection many years before. He meets an innocent young girl there and the two fall in love. Their happiness is ...
Based on the life of Kim Won-shik who was a judge in ancient Korea. Travelling around the country, he tried cases involving human sacrifices, peasant uprisings, and revenge
Jin and Min, experts at fighting, get involved with a gang of smugglers. Min recognizes the nature of their activities and makes a break from the group, eventually establishing an orphanage...
Kachusa, a high official in the communist regime of North Korea, falls in love with a young man attending Kim Il-sung University. He, however, makes love to a co-ed in his department. ...
Yeong-il finds himself on the verge on an arranged marriage despite the fact that he has a girlfriend whom he wishes to marry.
Because his mother is demanding a grandchild and his wife cannot become pregnant, Seon-gu has a child through a surrogate who seems to be willing to volunteer her services. However, after ...
An omnibus of three stories all taking place in the Myeongdong district of Seoul.