Four short stories examing the lives of women in the last 18th and 19th century Story 1: 'Wives Should Be Submissive'--A father tries to marry his daughter into a wealthy family. Story 2: '...
Simon, a painter, regains the use of his hands thanks to therapy administered by Ren. Later, when Simon is kidnapped by communists and forced to paint a portrait of Stalin, Ren again helps ...
Three brothers seek to put an end to the pro-North Korean activities if the Japanese based group Jochongryeon which they blame for the deaths of their parents
Visiting the coffee shop run by his sister near the frontlines, Sang-cheol falls in love with the new employee, Nan-shil. All the soldiers flirt with her as well but she ends up choosing ...
After a very hard life, a woman is finally able to open a cafe and she feels that she can at last settle down and marry. She considers a proposal from her first love, now a widower, but she...
In compliance with her father's dying wish, his daughter, Hyeon-hu, becomes captain of his ship. Suspecting that her father's death was not an accident, she asks the help of Min-ho, her first mate, in order to find the killer
As the power of the Kingdom of Goguryo grows, the Hwangryong Kingdom of China sends Princess Mo-ran to live in the palace as a concubine as part of a treaty. However, the princess has been ...
Following the Japanese invasion and colonization of Korea, the Korean government, led by freedom fighter Kim Ku, relocates to Shanghai to continue fighting for their country.
Jang Rok-su's parents are executed by the tyrant king Yeon-san. Taking a different name, she enters the palace as a concubine to exact a bloody revenge.
A blacksmith cherishes the hankerchief his ex-girlfriend dropped on her wedding day when she married a wealthy man. But her husband's wealth diminishes, the blacksmith buys up the ...
A barber is injured during the Korean War. He is ashamed to tell his wife the nature of his injury which has left him impotent. His wife, in turn, thinks that he is trying to drive her away...
Lee Jung-won leads a failed couop in 1884 and then flees for his life to Japan. He returns to Korea years later after conspiring with the Japanese government to kill the queen of Korea and ...
Three salesmen make their headquarters in a bed and breakfast run by a widow, her daughter, and a housemaid. The widow is very strict and forces the men to give up smoking, drinking, and women while the hints of romance are in the air.
Na-yeong waits and schemes for 10 years before she puts into motion a plan to ruin the man who raped her.
Jin-hun kills Massita, the man who had killed his father years earlier. Massita's adopted son, Kassio, swears vengeance and the two duel to the death
Dong-cheol, a nightclub opwner, is threatened by a gangster who lusts after his wife. Dong-cheol accidently kills one of the gangster's henchmen in a fight and is sent to prison. This leaves his family vulnerable to the gangster's threats.
In order to kill the man who betrayed their father and who was responsible for their parents' deaths, two sisters hire an assassin from Japan. However the assassin turns out to be the son of the intended victim
Cho-hye falls in love with a young man who works at a nearby music store. However, her workaholic husband finds out and he throws his wife out on the streets and forbidding her contact with their two young children
General Wang-gun marches on the capitol and overthrows the usurper Ku-jin who had slain the last king of the Shilla Dynasty. Wang-gun becomes king and begins a new era in Korean History--the Koryo Dynasty.
Seo Kwang-tae takes the injured gangster Dong-su into his home after a traffic accident. As time passes, Dong-su shows a genuine desire to reform and Kwang-tae is impressed by his noble ...