A woman attempts to seduce a rich man so she can convince him to help him pay for her dying sister's hospital bill.
Visiting the coffee shop run by his sister near the frontlines, Sang-cheol falls in love with the new employee, Nan-shil. All the soldiers flirt with her as well but she ends up choosing ...
Although she doesn't love the man she weds, Jeong-eun follows her parents wishes and tries to make the marriage work. However, she soon comes to learn that her husband has a quick temper ...
Mrs Seo tries to save her widowed daughter-in-law's honor while waging a grudge war against the laborers whose job it is to deliver water from door to door.
A young widow is tempted by a laborer on her farm, but she firmly believes that a widow should remain faithful to her deceased husband.
Eun-ji was forced to give up her fiance and marry an cold, older man. Twenty years later, she meets her fiance again, but he as eloped with her daughter in order to torment Eun-ji whom he believes deserted him.
A girl from the country falls deeply in love with a man from Seoul. However, he refuses to have anything to do with her as he has been promised in marriage since he was a child
A couple marry but then become separated during the Korean War. Each remarries only to meet again years later.
Kachusa, a high official in the communist regime of North Korea, falls in love with a young man attending Kim Il-sung University. He, however, makes love to a co-ed in his department. ...
A married man falls in love with a journalist he met while being interviewed. His wife and children find out and the man leaves his home to wander the streets. Eventually, he accidently ...
A student of Professor Kim kills the teacher's daughter and housemaid in a botched attempt to rob Kim's house. The young man was trying to steal the money to pay for his sick mother's ...
Du-jin the sailor meets Eun-ju, the fish market girl who sells more than fish, at a bar. She escapes from Heuksan Island when he stows her away. The two get married on the ship and find ...
After Queen Shin is dethroned, a power struggle erupts among King Jung-jong's concubines who hope to take the queen's place. Song Min-dol, a eunuch who despises the way the court treats him...
A married man carries on a secret, incestuous relationship with his half-sister.
Wol, a hairdresser, agrees to marry her co-worker Man-bok. When she meets her friend Hyeob, he tells Wol that he has had a crush on her since childhood. They spend the entire day together ...
A woman is forced into servitude when her father falls out of political favor. A local governor wants to possess her, but she falls in love with a former noble who is working as a farmhand.
Jeong-ah is forced to take a job in a textile mill in her early teen years because she is unable to enter a highschool.
Two traditional stories. In the first, a girl marries the bravest man in the village so she can send him into a monster's lair to collect an mystic herb which can save her father's life. In...
A woman leads a miserable life after her husband leaves her, taking the children with him.
The king disguises himself as a peasant to wander among his people during the Harvest Moon Festival. He meets and falls in love with a poor girl and his feelings are returned...at least until he reveals himself to be king