A freedom fighter finds himself being transported to a new holding facility along with five dangerous criminals. Enroute, there is an accident and the prisoners escape. If they are to avoid...
Based on the life of Park Yeong-chae. She was the daughter of a famous patriot who led the resistance against Japanese imperialism in the early 1900's.
When two wives realize that their wealthy and otherwise upstanding husbands have mistresses, they invite the 'other women' to stay in their houses for awhile. Realizing that they are ...
Jin-sa's happiness at making a constract to marry his daughter to a nobleman's son is dashed when he hears that the nobleman's son is lame. Thinking that he can salvage the situation, ...
The matriarch of an upper-class family assumes that money can solve all problems. She forces her two eldest daughters to marry into money against their wills. She encourages her third ...
King Kong-min tried to govern the country wisely but, after the death of his wife, he neglects hs state duties. Most of the important decisions to be made fall to the king's retainer Shin Dong, who is more interested in women than politics and the kingdom soon falls into chaos.
A young widow refuses to give into loneliness and temptation and she chooses to live her life following the traditional value of never remarrying
Kyeong-il falls into what seems like an incestuous relationship with his half-sister, Su-yeon. Although Su-yeon's father knows the children are not related since Su-yeon was adopted, he opposes their relationship and keeps the truth a secret from them.
A poisonous white snake is transformed into a beautiful woman by a demon in order to destroy a particularly pure monk who works in the service of the goddess of mercy.
Three generations of women run a successful orchard together. When a handsome young sculpture wanders onto their property in the hopes of finding lodgings and set up a studio, the harmony of the household is destroyed.
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
Based on the traditional story of a girl who makes her blind father see by donating 300 bags of rice to Bongwon Temple.
A middle-aged man is laid off from work but is too proud to tell his family. His children, however, learn of the situation and take jobs of their own to help him save face.
A young woman recovers from a serious illness through the efforts of a young doctor. The doctor realizes that the woman's life has been a long string of hardships and bad luck so he offers ...
Four short stories examing the lives of women in the last 18th and 19th century Story 1: 'Wives Should Be Submissive'--A father tries to marry his daughter into a wealthy family. Story 2: '...
Kim, Cheol-jong cannot forget the young woman he played with as a child living with his family in exile on a remote island. His homesickness is such a distraction that the queen arranges an...
King Yu's trecherous nephew siezes the kingdom leaving Yu in exile. In order to restore himself to the throne, King Yu recruits the help of a mysterious swordsman whose identity is hidden behind a black mask.
Continuing the story of the film, Prince Yeonsan, Yeonsan's grief and dissipated life leads him to become a cruel tyrant, ordering the decapitation of the court members who advised the ...
A doctor raises her three adopted daughter by giving them all the love she can. However, what she wants more than anything is to be allowed to see her real son who is being raised by the boy's father.
A woman supports a young student who was a pupil of her late husband. She soon falls in love with him and sacrifices everything for his success and happiness, knowing that it is impossible for him to love her in return.