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...
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.
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
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 man is sent to a mental institution after his girlfriend is raped.
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.
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.