Yeong-yi makes her way south at the outbreak of the Korean War. She joins up with a doomed group of refugees who have the same idea. However, they soon find themselves caught in the ...
A woman raised by her cruel aunt runs away from home. She gets a job in a bar run by her mother, although at first they do not realize their connection.
An old couple who has a son and six daughters launch a journey to visit them around the nation as the seven children live throughout the country. During the nation-wide travel, they witness...
Man-sook, the king's executioner, promises dutiful Su-kyeong that he will give her father a proper burial after he has been executed. The two fall in love and marry but their lives are ...
Ji, an officer in the North Korean army during the war, is given charge over a POW camp. There he meets his brother, a prisoner. He tries to convince his brother to accept the communist ...
A nobleman is so poor that his wife secretly finds work as a seemstress. When he discovers this fact, the nobleman leaves his home in shame to seek his fortune so he can better support his family
Kim Tae-won remains loyal to Queen Min after the ursper Jang Hie-bin takes the throne. Queen Hie-bin's chief magistrate tyrranizes those who remain sympathetic to the old queen and attempts...
The army of King Kaero's grandson is defeated in an important battle because of the scheming of his ambitious general, Hae-gu. The grandson's failure brands him as a traitor and he is ...
Confession of an Actress is about an actor who was once a famous star. He had a daughter with an actress who he loved when he was young. His daughter became a grownup and he sacrificed himself secretly to make his daughter a star.
A stingy, tyrannical man is cheated out of all his money and becomes a panhandler. Often ranting to himself about his troubles, he wanders around the streets obtaining the reputation of a madman.
A young boxer is approached by a crime ring hoping to recruit him as an enforcer. When he refuses, they beat and blind him. The athlete sets out to seek revenge against those who hurt him
Jung-hie, blindly devoted to her husband, ignores all evidence of his cheating until she witnesses him with Mi-na. At first, full of contempt for the other woman, she decides to get to know her better and to try to understand the situation
Because he has gotten himself involved in too many things at the same time, a man asks his unemployed friend to take a job that he has been offered in his stead. That simple act of kindness changes the friend's life forever
Based on the traditional story of a girl who makes her blind father see by donating 300 bags of rice to Bongwon Temple.
Three inter-related couples face various degrees of difficulty in tying the knot.
A gangster falls in love with his boss' sister and becomes a Christian for her sake. They are permitted to marry, but the other gang members envy their happiness and decide to take it from them.
A woman living in poverty gives up her children to foster parents and attempts to break her pan-handling husband of his opium addiction.
A woman is charged with murder and the prosecuting attorney is an ex-lover who dumped her several years previously
Wife of the tyrant Kwang Hae-gun, Queen In-mok tries her best to modify her husband's behavior and to rule the country well. However, the king begins to resent her advice and growing ...
Backstabbing and infighting in the communist party operating in South Korea at the end of the 1940's, causes upheavals in leadership and confusion among the ranks. This makes it easier for ...