Eun-yeong is unable to bear children so she pays a girl from an orphanage to act as surrogate. At first, her husband is opposed to this plan, but is eventually forced to go along with it because his father wants a grandchild
Knowing that his father prefers his younger brother to himself, crown prince Yang-nyeong pretends to become an alcoholic and womanizer to get himself thrown out of the palace and leave the ...
Thrown into chaos by the changes in culture in modern Korea, one family that can trace its lineage back 300 years and that is steeped in tradition, faces the end of its line.
Based on a true story. When the heir to the throne is starved to death in a locked rice chest, his wife flees with her son to raise him in safety.
The stress and shame of learning that his son is living with a woman without being married sends a millionaire to the hospital with high blood pressure. The son's girlfriend begins to take care of him there and tries to win him over
In Japanese occupied Korea, a morally conflicted Japanese officer is sent to the house of a Korean man who refuses to change his family name to a Japanese name.
A man is prevented from marrying the woman he loves because of her lack of family background.
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.
After 10 years of working as a company accountant, a man is suddenly fired from his job. The reason for his sudden dismissal is that his dishonest manager found it impossible to cheat on ...
A man is sent to a mental institution after his girlfriend is raped.
With his father's blessing, a wealthy young man decides he wants to experience life starting at the bottom rung of society.
A barber is injured during the Korean War. He is ashamed to tell his wife the nature of his injury which has left him impotent. His wife, in turn, thinks that he is trying to drive her away...
Won-byu, a Buddhist monk in the ancient kingdom of Shilla, attempts to spread his faith. He falls in love with Princess Yeon-suk and fathers a child who is destined to grow up to become one of the 10 great sages of Shilla.
A wealthy man pretends to have been raised as a penniless orphan to gain life experience and find someone to love him for who he is rather than what he has.
Ji-suk is so bothered by two rivals for her love that she packs up and moves to another city. The men follow her. The three of them get into a fight which leaves one of them dead and the other two in the hospital.
The brilliant King Sejong secures the northern border after driving off the Yeojin tribes and invents the Korean writing system to improve the literacy rate of his people.
An impoverished university student is inspired to open a bar specifically for other students as a way of earning some quick cash. He starts making money hand over fist but his lack morals ...
Byeol Agi's plans to take revenge on the killer of her father hit a snag when she learns that the killer is the father of her boyfriend.
A jealous man spreads rumors about a woman who spurned him which results in her being expelled from her house, but her stepchildren believe she is innocent and fight to learn the truth.
Jang-hwa dies due to the abuse and neglect of her stepmother but the girl returns as a ghost and convinces the local magistrate to seek justice in her name.