Yun Bong-chun is despised by his stepmother and mistreated by his half-brother. Finally, he is thrown out of the house. He makes a plan to return home one final time, and kill his stepmother
Yong-ho, a Korean boy raised in Japan, is a member of a pro-North Korea organization but he goes to South Korea to learn about his family. He is given his father's diary and discovers that ...
A sailor's girlfriend runs away with the local tough guy. However, her marriage is not happy and her husband abuses her. She disappears from her house one day, and both her husband and ex-lover search frantically for her.
Orphaned during the Korean War, a young woman lives with a man who desires nothing but her happiness. When her former boyfriend shows up, he also promises to make her happy and the woman is forced to choose between the two
The story of the Jeungsan-do religion. Born in 1870, Jeung-san was opposed to the annexation of Korea by Japan. He helped the people overcome their suffering by creating a cult which ...
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
A girl becomes a prostitute in order to pay her mother's hospital bills.
At the end of WWII, Hanako, a Japanese woman, becomes separated from her daughter while going from Manchuria to Japan. She adopts a boy that she finds wandering on the streets of Seoul. ...
A woman with a crippling disease deceives her husband into thinking that she has died so that she will not become a burden to him. Seven years later, a journalist learns the truth an sets ...
A group of young men join the resistance movement to help free Kore from Japanese rule prior to World War II while their lovers struggle to keep their daily lives intact.
A furnace repairman lives only for his children's happiness. But while his daughter is grateful and obedient, his son is constantly getting into trouble
Kim Deok-pal decides to turn over a new leaf, leave his life of crime and make a good life for himself after he meets Ko Su-mi. Things don't work out as planned however. He becomes involved...
A teacher commits manslaughter and flees the scene of the accident. He contacts a former student, hoping that her husband, a lawyer, will defend him. However, the lawyer begins to suspect ...
A medical student, upon graduation, decides he want to be a country doctor but struggles with the lack of medical equipment and drugs in the rural areas
A man tries to raise his two sons and two daughters under some of the most adverse conditions known to man. The father operates a horse-drawn cart, but in a city that is modernizing after ...
Yi-suk, a teacher at a girl's middle school, refuses to worship in the traditional Japanese way. She goes to the national assembly to plead for her right to worship Christianity, but is ...
A young man decides to develop his rural hometown by improving the lives of the farms and introducing new agricultural techniques
A popular businessman in middle management is framed by a jealous colleague so it looks as if he has been embezzling money. He is fired and experiences family problems as a result. However,...
Mrs Oh finds herself driven to having an affair because of her husband's neglect. When her husband's business fails, he commits suicide. Despite being free to love again, the strict rules of society prevent her from meeting another man
A young woman becomes the stepmother of four grown children. One daughter is jealous of the young interloper while one of the sons falls in love with her, but with patience she sets about winning their respect