Recently released from prison, Cheol-ho is expelled from his brother's house after he beats his sister-in-law. His brother decides that the family would be better off if Cheol-ho were dead and tries to arrange it.
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.
Jang Jun-ho loses his sight during the Korean War in an act of heroism that saves the life of his commanding officer Kang Dong-su. Years later, they meet again in civilian life and Dong-su ...
A man's family violently opposes his plan to marry a poor girl. The girl's mother is so disappointed and humiliated that she dies. His parents arrange for him to marry a politician's ...
Wol-ra decides that she wants to have a baby, but she does not necessarily want to get married. She sets out to find a man of intellect and talent so she can bear a child with these qualities.
Four orphans who grew up together in the same orphanage, find that their lives take very different but interconnected turns. One becomes a police officer, one a postitute, and two are rival gangsters.
The children of the ministers slain by Queen Min in her bid for power struggle against the corrupt despot as they seek to avenge their parents' deaths
A woman is forced to choose between the man who loves her and the man who threatens her life if she rejects him.
A woman is forced into marriage by her family to a wealthy man who is already married. As the second wife, her life is very difficult and to make matters worse, her ex-lover is her husband's secretary
A gangster called 'The Lion' gets involved in a labor dispute while trying to bring Kang Hyeok, the man who made off with the dockworker's wages, to justice.
Pil-su and his gang kidnap Geun-shik, the son of a wealthy industrialist. On the run from the police, they hide in Hyeon-min's house, terrorizing his family, while they negotiate a ransom
King Sun-cho, the 23rd king of the Chosun Dynasty, is forced to execute his son on charges of attempting to overthrow him. The king's grandchildren are exiled to a small, rural village where they grow up as peasants,
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.
A young widow closes down her successful cafe because her mother-in-law suspects that she may be using it to meet a new husband
The family governess causes a scandal when she falls in love with her employer's eldest son.
A girl becomes a prostitute in order to pay her mother's hospital bills.
A man marries a college student over the objections of his parents. She resists their demands that she give up her education while she tries to be as dutiful daughter-in-law as otherwise possible.
While trying to escape from North Korea during the division of the Korean Peninsula, a woman is captured by northern soldiers and seperated from her family. They train her as a spy using ...
Two couples live together in one house. One of the wives is infertile so the other offers to act as a surrogate mother, not considering how this will affect their friendship and group dynamics.
The story of a man who graduates with honors from a military academy.