Bok-nyeo gets married to a poor Joseon's aristrocart and lives a hard life to survive. She pays her family's living by catching caterpillars in a forest reserve. But she loses her job in ...
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 ...
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.
In order to protect the newly unified China from northern attacks, King Jin-shi orders the Great Wall of China built, unaware that it would eventually bring discontent to his people and ...
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...
So-yeon becomes pregnant at 18 and moves in with her boyfriend, Won-jun. Won-jun does not accept the responsibilities of fatherhood, and continues to behave as if he were single, bringing ...
Ex-convict, Jeep--who earned his nickname by stealing a jeep--goes to the aid of his old mentor who is now running an orphanage. His orphanage is in danger of being sold out from under him to make way for a casino to be built on its site
Park Ho, a South Korean secret agent stationed in Tokyo, meets and falls in love with a North Korean spy code-named Eliza. She eventually returns his feelings and begins to feed false ...
A man visits his nine children who are scattered across the country and is proud to learn that each one is honest and hardworking.
Man-seok, a cow-seller, receives the girl Ok-sun in lieu of payment for a cow. He abuses her horribly and disfigures her face during one of his rages before losing her to a gambler.
A secret agent, Starberry Kim, is sent to Hong Kong to infiltrate an international gang consisting of Soviets, Chinese, and North Koreans.
Two children vow revenge for the death of their parents. Eighteen years later, they meet again to carry out their promise, but one of them has been blinded by their enemy.
Arai, although born a Korean, chooses a Japanese name and assists the occupying forces in rounding up Korean insurgents until the day he finds his father among the prisoners
A married man carries on a secret, incestuous relationship with his half-sister.
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 ...
College students leave their homes in Korea to join in the struggle against the Japanese in Manchuria, China
Witnessing a car accident, Yong-pal takes the injured driver to a nearby hospital, but the victim's shoes get left behind in Yong-pal's car. Inside the shoes are smuggled gems. Gangsters ...
The leader of an extortion ring kills a man who defied him. The man's older brother gathers a group of friends together to seek vengeance.
In order to steal some top secret documents from the occupying Japanese army, an agent seduces the general's daughter.
Two elderly men vie for the love of the equally elderly Bok-rae. She chooses Deok-su. The spurned suitor, Yeong-gam, refuses food and becomes very sickly. Deok-su has a stroke and his ...