Korean by birth, Bae Jeong-ja was adopted by a Japanese official and assisted in the annexation of Korea until she met freedom fighter Hong-jun who restored her sense of patriotism.
After the Korean War, two boys are left to take care of themselves until the younger one, after a misunderstanding, sets the house on fire and runs away.
A psychiatrist and an artist develop a close friendship. Both women are raped one night and the trauma proves too much for the artist. she attempts suicide, but fails however that attempt ...
A boy runs away from an orphanage to begin a search for his birth mother with the help of an elderly man.
The family governess causes a scandal when she falls in love with her employer's eldest son.