A former kisaeng is forced to give in to her father-in-law's demands and give her children to him to be raised after her husband passes away.
A boy runs away from an orphanage to begin a search for his birth mother with the help of an elderly man.
Hye-yeong reclaims her son from the boy's father and moves back to Seoul where she starts a business with money that she believes came from her brother. It is, in fact, from Shin-ho--her ...
Hye-yeong is raising her daughter alone, unaware that a mysterious benefactor has been helping her from afar.
Blind popular singer, Lee Yong-bok, relates the story of how he lost his vision and his tragic first romance.
When King Danjong proves incompetant in dealing with the affairs of state, a power struggle erupts within his family to see who can dethrone him and sieze control of the kingdom.
Yeong-hun drowns his friend because he has been lusting after his wife, In-ae, for years. In-ae flees, but Yeong-hun tracks her down and spends the night with her. She escapes from him ...
A man in his 60's marries off his pre-teen son to a young girl because he wants to live to see his grandchildren but he is infuriated when the young couple continue to act like kids
Kyeong-ah has no idea where her husband has gone and is confused about why she and her young children are being harrassed by gangsters. She finds a protector in 'Lefty' and the two begin to fall in love
Min-jeong, a nightclub entertainer, gives birth to a client's child. The client's wife, unable to bear children, eagerly offers to raise the child as her own. Min-jeong agrees and leaves ...
Yu-ri is made queen despite her objections that she is in love with another man, Kang Yang, not the king. In time the king dies and his brother becomes regent until the prince is old enough...
A man is trapped by the Japanese military police and executed on the spot for resisting arrest. Twenty years later, his son sets off to hunt down the executioners who are now involved in the opium trade in Hong Kong.
A man nicknamed 'Spots' goes to Seoul to scour the city with his uncle. They search every bar and all the lowlife areas trying to find the men who stole their gold statue of Buddha.
Dok-s looks up an old friend who has retired from a life of crime and who has started a family. However, he convinces his friend to help in one more jewelry heist. In the course of the ...
A man accused of assaulting and murdering a prostitute is able to clear his name, however the facts of the trial become public knowledge and everyone now knows that he is impotent.
Lt Kang leads an attack on a village that has been occupied by the North Korean soldiers during the beginning of the Korean War. Kim Hong-kil, a teenager, at first fiercely resists Kang but...
A man is haunted by the ghost of his murdered girlfriend who tries to tempt him into the underworld. He is also visited by the girls dead mother who is furious with him for loving her daughter.
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.
A look at the Korean War through the eyes of a mute boy who was kept as a mascot by a regiment of soldiers near the front lines.
Il-cheong, a Taiwanese worker in Korea, falls in love and marries Myeong-ju. Upon learning that his mother has died, Il-cheong travels back to Taiwan. There he learns that it was all a lie ...