A man held prisoner in North Korea following the Korean War, organizes a resistance movement against the cruelty of the communist prisoners.
A young widow ignores her social position and produces a son by one of the farm hands. Both the farmhand and the baby are expelled from the house by her family who then re-educate her over ...
An omnibus of stories centered on the lives and emotions of people who ride on the same bus daily.
A man assists a woman in danger, but through her actions, she unintentionally causes his death. Everyone in the village knows that she visits his tomb every spring, but no one knows the ...
A wealthy, retired man worries about the futures of his five daughters. Meanwhile, the daughters are plotting to marry their father off to a kind widow.
An orchestra conductor becomes acquainted with a woman who promises to break up with her boyfriend when he returns from military service. However, when her boyfriend returns blinded in an ...
One of the king's generals, dissatisfied with his stipend, begins a rebellion but meets fierce resistance from a commander who remains loyal to the king.
In ancient Korea, a man passes the state examination and is appointed the governor of Pyeonyang by the king. However his punishment of the former governor is so severe, that he hetoo is ...
In ancient times, a female warrior conquers a castle in the name of her father and becomes its mistress.
A North Korean agent falls in love with the South Korean Minister of Information. The agent begins to submit false reports to her superiors, paving the way for the UN forces landing safely ...
The daughter of a loyal member of the communist party defects to South Korea. She marries there unaware that her true love, whom she hasn't seen since the Korean War, is also living in the ...
The traditional Korean story of a Cinderella-like little girl. Kongjwi is a good, hard working girl who lives together with her cruel stepmother and the lazy Patjwi. Eventually kindly ...
A biologist and his girlfriend must contend with the intrigues of his employer and the employer's daughter. The daughter of the employer wants to marry the botanist and hopes to separate the couple.
The head of a happy family becomes infatuated with a poor, homeless woman. He sheds himself of his home, family and friends to join her in a wandering group of beggars.
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 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 ...
The concubine of the Minister of Law is driven from the house by his mother-in-law. But when political power shifts and the concubine's brother comes into power after the king is deposed, ...
A woman leads a miserable life after her husband leaves her, taking the children with him.
A pregnant woman goes to Seoul to track down the man who stayed at her uncle's cabin the previous year. She finds him and he allows her to stay in his family's house against his mother and fiance's objections
After World War II, Moscow and Washington wrangle over the division of Korea while Kim Ku, the leader of the freedom fighters against Japanese colonialism, goes on a doomed mission to ...