Freedom fighter Sam-po learns that his location has been discovered by the Japanese police so he flees in the night but not before leaving his girlfriend, Ahn Ak, behind as collateral on ...
Dong-su, a retired criminal, is tempted back into robbing when his friend tells of a plan to rob a racetrack. They select a couple of other professional criminals to help them commit the perfect crime.
Yong-cheol, a gangster living in the 1930's, gains the reputation of having amazing fighting skills. However, he decides to give up his lucrative but dangerous calling for his girlfriend. ...
A battalion of North Korean soldiers sieze Eoluk Isalnd on the east coast of Korea. The villagers organize a resistance and set a date to strike back at the occupying force which is terrorizing the population.
Yong-cheol and Su-na help Hun to take revenge on the men who killed his parents, but anytime they kill one of the murderers, they hear a ghostly, melancholy harmonica.
Park, a bar owner, is forced into paying extortion money to the local gangsters. When Yong-cheol, a customer, sees this, he is outraged and tries to beat up the gangsters, but he is ...
When a young nobleman drowns while visiting their shore, the superstitious villagers go to the local shaman asking him to perform a rite to marry a living woman to the dead man so he will ...
After exacting revenge on the people who killed his father for his involvement with the 1940's independence movement, Park Dal visits his father's friend, Reverand Hwang, and becomes convinced that he should carry on in his father's place.
Yu Mi-yeong is left depressed with the death of her husband. But her grief changes to rage when two suspicious women attend the funeral. At first convincing herself that they were having an...
Jeong-ho is castrated by an ambitious minister for loving above his station. The minister also happens to be the father of Ja-ok, the girl Jeong-ho loved. He sends his daughter to the king ...
Because her shameful past is about to be revealed at her wedding ceremony, Mi-ok flees the church and leaves the groom, Jin-yeong at the altar. She takes up living by a rest stop along the ...
Chi-geun's wife is beautiful and loyal despite his lowly job and reputation as the village idiot. A group of local boys, jealous of Chi-geun, report him to the Japanese police as a member of the Korean resistance
Simple-minded Yeong-jin is considered to be the village idiot. But he holds the key to saving his sister's boyfriend. The latter stands accused of killing the policeman who was raping his Yeong-jin's sister
North Korean spy Jang Duk begins to have his doubts about the communist philosophy as he spends more and more time in South Korea. Befriended by a young boy, Jang Duk learns a valuable ...
An antique porcelain piece being donated to an international art exhibit is stolen. Police have no suspects until a clue is dropped by the mysterious Madame Rose.
Saddled into caring for his friend's illegitimate child, Ji-seob tries to do his best, but somehow gets the reputation of being a playboy in the process.
Ji-hye, the daughter of an army captain, receives a treasure map from her father just hours before he is killed by communist guerillas in the mountains near their home. While the communists...
The leadership of the Korean Independence Army faces a crisis when they are betrayed from within by a spy working with the Japanese occupiers to irradicate all opposition.
Viscious loan sharks and their extortion thugs harass the shopkeepers in the entertainment district. When Dolai's singers are threatened, he goes into action against the gangsters
An habitual, but good-natured, criminal is in and out of prison 38 times. Finally he is sentenced to 10 years though without a trial after facing the accusation of stealing a goat. Feeling ...