Two college grads go to the country to modernize a small, rustic community. The woman establishes a school and the man organizes a youth hall. However, their activities arouse the ...
Kang-hie recalls from her cell how she was used by Japanese detectives to track down and destroy the Korean Indpendence fighters. She manages to escape from prison during a break and ...
Two North Korean terrorists posing as Japanese tourists under the names of Shin Icho and Ma Yumi, blow up a Korean Airline flight enroute to Baghdad. When investigators catch up with the ...
The widow of a nobleman bears a son after having an affair with her servant. The servant and the baby are driven from the home by the woman's irate in-laws when the truth is discovered. Even after the child is grown, no contact is allowed between he and his mother who now denies the events of her past.
When King Cheol-jang dies, the throne passes to his son King Ko-jang but, because he is considered to be too inexperienced, his ambitious uncle rules as regent. The rightful king's wife, ...
Former Minister of National Security, Park Jin-wook, is kidnapped from the US by South Korean agents because he was about to reveal secrets concerning the rise of the military dictatorship of the 1980's.
Once upon a time, under the reign of the three kingdoms, there was a woman who tempts a Buddhist priest named Cho. She is a one-thousand-year-old fox who intends to reincarnate as a human ...
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 middle-aged man is laid off from work but is too proud to tell his family. His children, however, learn of the situation and take jobs of their own to help him save face.
Four short stories examing the lives of women in the last 18th and 19th century Story 1: 'Wives Should Be Submissive'--A father tries to marry his daughter into a wealthy family. Story 2: '...
A poisonous white snake is transformed into a beautiful woman by a demon in order to destroy a particularly pure monk who works in the service of the goddess of mercy.
Ok-hui lives with her grandmother, her mother and the maid. People refer to their house as the "Widow House" because all three adult women who live there are widows. One day, a teacher named Mr. Han moves into the house as a lodger.
Prince Yeongsangon lusts after Ya-hwa wo rebuffs his advances. As a result, Ya-hwa's husband, Pil-woo, is branded a traitor and executed. Ya-hwa commits suicide by slitting her own throat. ...
When Chun-hie returns from a trip with Mr Min, she finds Jeong-hie, Min's daughter, waiting for her. Jeong-hie threatens Chun-hie whom she views as a gold-digger and forces her to break off...
Japan conquers China just before WW2 starts. Chinese women are captured and placed in concentration camps, where they are tortured and humiliated. Some try to escape incurring enormous risks, and death if they fail.
Continuing the story of the film, Prince Yeonsan, Yeonsan's grief and dissipated life leads him to become a cruel tyrant, ordering the decapitation of the court members who advised the ...
A demon transforms a poisonous white snake into a sensuous woman. She seduces Seong-do, a Buddhist monk, and bears his child. However, she betrays the demon and refuses to kill her family ...
The son of a mute couple succeeds in getting a good job, but is dismayed when he learns that he may have gotten the job, not based on his business skill, but on his ability to speak sign ...
Mi-suk, Jin-suk and Seon-suk live happily with their widowed mother. They are perfomers waiting for their act to be discovered. However, they decide to take time out from their busy ...
The daughter of a kisaeng in Namwon falls in love with Lee, a noble's son. Her lover leaves to complete his studies in Seoul and Chunhyang awaits his return. Soon, a new magistrate, Byeon, ...