Han-shin and Ok-seo's marriage is strained when Han-shin's father refuses to bless it. Instead he kicks them out of the house. The couple live together for a while, but slowly drift apart. ...
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.
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 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.
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.
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 ...
Hye-yeong is raising her daughter alone, unaware that a mysterious benefactor has been helping her from afar.
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
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.
Eun-ji deserts her husband, Se-il, a failed director. He becomes a laborer and takes charge of their son. Eun-ji takes up with a judge who soon finds himself listening to a case brought against Se-il.
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 ...