A jealous man spreads rumors about a woman who spurned him which results in her being expelled from her house, but her stepchildren believe she is innocent and fight to learn the truth.
The composer of the resistance song "Gagopa" is forced into military service by the occupying government. There he is ill-treated by the Japanese soldiers as punishment until he finally sees a chance to escape
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 ...
A married man carries on a secret, incestuous relationship with his half-sister.
A kisaeng plots with other freedom fighters to destroy a train transporting high level Japanese officials.
Dong-jin goes to Seoul with dreams of becoming a singer. He never loses sight of his dream even when he is forced to take a job in a repair shop to pay the bills.
The matriarch of an upper-class family assumes that money can solve all problems. She forces her two eldest daughters to marry into money against their wills. She encourages her third ...
A doctor falls in love with a Chinese exchange student, but his parents forbid an international marriage
A biologist and his girlfriend must contend with the intrigues of his employer and the employer's daughter. The daughter of the employer wants to marry the botanist and hopes to separate the couple.
When a man tries to break off his adulterous affair, his mistress refuses to give him up so he makes up his mind to kill her. However, after he fails in his attempt, the woman convinces him that he should try to kill his wife instead
An omnibus of the story of three women. In the first, a ghost takes revenge on the man who killed her sister. In story two, a woman decides it's payback time for a sexual predator. The ...
Yeong-geol and his sister escape from the clutches of the Hong Kong gangsters who killed their parents. Now they are operating a night club in Seoul, but a villain from their past has just ...
An old man not only prevents thieves from stealing his fortune, but he reforms them through his kindness
To show her middle-aged husband how foolish he looks in his flirtation with a young teahouse hostess, his wife starts meeting a much younger man
Hwa-seon visits her son in Seoul who is living with his rich in-laws. He resents her being there and treats her like a servant until she finally gets fed up with him and goes home. When his...
Lee Hyang seeks to hire the services of the swordsmen known as the Five Devils in order to remove the crown prince from the crown and seize power. However, Hyang does not realize that he ...
An earnest young man succeeds at business through honesty, loyalty, and hardwork despite being criticized and alienated by his co-workers.
A doctor raises her three adopted daughter by giving them all the love she can. However, what she wants more than anything is to be allowed to see her real son who is being raised by the boy's father.
King Taejong disinherits his son, crown prince Yang-nyeong, for falling in love with a peasant. His brother succeeds to the throne. Taking the name King Sejong, he reverses their father's ...
Seon-deok is forced by her stepmother to sleep with a wealthy patron of their humble tavern. Consequently, she is thrown out of the house for shaming the family. Having nowhere else to go, ...