On her way home, kisaeng Kang Myeong-hwa is nearly raped by some soldiers. She is rescued, however, by a reich student, Jang Byeong-cheon. They begin an affair, but the difference between their social status is too great for her to bear.
A young man decides to develop his rural hometown by improving the lives of the farms and introducing new agricultural techniques
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
Ae-bun feels pity for Seong-shin who is dying from a rare blood disease. She tries to make him enjoy his last days only to have her efforts rebuffed by his overly-protective father
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
Choi Seok, the principal of a girl's high school, adopts Jeong-nim, a Japanese student there. However, they develop a disturbing relationship that scandalizes the local region. His family ...
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 ...
Based on the life of Son Ryang-won who spent six years in prison during the period of Japanese occupation. He was released at the end of the war. He, his wife and two children devoted their...
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...
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 woman finds that she has no money to feed her son who is visiting during his leave from military service. She decides to cut off her hair and sell it in order to buy food
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 ...
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 ...
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
Dal-rae sets out to locate her true love who had gone to Seoul to participate in the independance movement. Along the way, she assaults and adulterer who is dallying with her friend. By the...
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 composer loses his wife when he cannot afford to buy her medicine. He adapts himself to physical labor so his daughter will not suffer as well.
A man and his family struggle with poverty. His wife, unable to bear such a life, deserts her husband and their three children. The man next loses his house as he cannot afford the rent. ...
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. ...