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- The film exposes the atrocities of war through the eyes of two children who are stranded in the DMZ after the end of the Korean War. The DMZ, strewn with abandoned tanks, dead bodies, land mines, and unexploded shells, is an exceedingly dangerous place for children. But what most endangers them in the end are not weapons but people.
- Korean-American Kim Dong-won plans to visit Korea for the first time. On the way there, Chinese agents attempt to kidnap him because of his position at the American Institute of Nuclear Technology. Unwilling to play the victim, Dong-won fights for his freedom
- An artist named Hun has just broken up with the woman he believed to be the love of his life. His needy character, however, causes him to be quicly drawn to Ji-suk, a kind barmaid, even though she is already married
- Confession of an Actress is about an actor who was once a famous star. He had a daughter with an actress who he loved when he was young. His daughter became a grownup and he sacrificed himself secretly to make his daughter a star.
- A North Korean officer, assisting in the taking of Seoul, witnesses the cruelty of the soldiers under his command and of his communist commanders. He becomes determined to escape and take some South Korean civilians with him.
- A kisaeng falls in love with a college student, but her younger sister decides that she will steal him away for herself.
- An old man not only prevents thieves from stealing his fortune, but he reforms them through his kindness
- A woman seeks revenge on her mother by creating for herself a scandalous marriage, but her plan backfires when she winds up falling in love.
- Four men growing up in Busan try to erase the memories of their early childhoods from their minds. One becomes a boxer, another a sailor and a third becomes a grocer. However, the fourth, Jang-ho, finds a life of crime to be the most attractive way to make a living.
- When Jung-dal is released from prison, he looks up his former partner-in-crime, Yeong-nam, to request his assistance in starting a new life. Yeong-nam refuses to help him so Jung-dal kidnaps his wife. The trauma of the experience causes Yeong-nam's wife to have a mental breakdown and her husband vows to do everything in his power to destroy Jung-dal.
- A married man carries on a secret, incestuous relationship with his half-sister.
- A group of young women from the country arrive in Seoul to take jobs as drivers unaware just how difficult their jobs are and how dishonest men can be.
- King Sun-cho, the 23rd king of the Chosun Dynasty, is forced to execute his son on charges of attempting to overthrow him. The king's grandchildren are exiled to a small, rural village where they grow up as peasants,
- Min Sang-hun has a happy marriage and would do anything to provide for his wife. Sadly, his business is unsuccessful and on the verge of bankruptcy. His ex-girlfriend shows up and offers to solve all his financial problems--but her offer does not come without a price.
- A rich man encounters many proposals from young ladies when he announces that he wishes to marry soon, but he is in love with the kitchen maid.
- Young-mi makes a wager with her friend, Myeong-hie, that she can seduce the latter's father. Myeong-hie, believing that her father would always remain faithful to her mother, agrees to the wager with disasterous results.
- Korean investigator, Park Ho, and plucky Japanese reporter, Hineko, expose themselves to danger when they uncover a gang of North Koreans responsible for many recent murders in Tokyo.
- When his daughter comes to visit him, the chauffeur begs his boss, the president of a large firm, to exchange places for a few days.
- A young man is caught by the police as he attempts to steal food. He blames his crime on hardships caused by the war and begs his friend, a lawyer, to take his case
- Because of the pitifully small allowance she receives from her husband, one woman decides to take a job. Her business is unsuccessful, but because she has been neglecting her household duties, she is afraid to return to her home
- As orphans, Yeong-su and Mi-suk were taken in by a street gang and taught the skill of pickpocketing. As adults, the young couple want out of their life of crime but their associates will see them dead first
- Bong-sam abandons his dying wife, Su-in, to live with a wealthy widow. He takes his young son to be raised by his new stepmother. Su-in dies, but her spirit remains to watch over her son who is now leading an unhappy life with the abusive widow. Unable to stand by passively, the ghost decides that she must take revenge
- Spies murder a wealthy industrialist and his daughter in order to claim their estate, only to be haunted into confessing their crime by the daughter's vengeful ghost.
- A man forms his own religion and writes a book of prophecies. He takes up with a woman calling herself Madame Yun who becomes the self styled pastor of his church.
- Based on the sory of Jeong Ki-ryong. Ki-ryong was appointed by the king to put down the warlord Lim Kyeol-nyeon who was pillaging villages in the southern provinces.
- Based on the legend of the Shinjong, a massive bell now in Kyeongju, which was cast during the reign of King Seong-deok in order to stop a war. Each person in the region contributed to be smelted into the bell, except for one woman who had nothing to give. However the first time it was cast, the bell would not ring. It was determined that it was because not everyone had contributed something, so the woman offered her newborn child which she sacrificed into the molten metal. The bell was completed and successfully tolled, preventing a war but to this day, the bell's reverberations sound like a baby wailing.
- 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.
- Kim Seo-bang raises his two sons as best he can but the elder son is rebellious, lazy and disrespectful so Kim disowns him. The younger son is devoted to his father and tries to reunite his family
- A man suffers an accident at sea and loses his memory. He falls in love with a nurse at the hospital where he is recovering, but she happens to be an old friend of his wife.
- Born at the end of the Chosun Dynasty, Lim Geok-jeong fights against the corruption of the upper classes and develops a reputataion of being sympathetic to the plights of the peasantry
- While many of the women attending an all-girls college flirt with the new professor, Eun-yeong becomes obsessive and claims that she will seduce him and force him to fll in love with her
- King Sejo regrets dethroning and subsequently executing his predecessor, Kin Danjong. To ease his guilty conscience, he constructs a temple in honor of those he killed in his drive to secure his position.
- A Korean man works for the Japanese colonial government as a spy under the codename of Shanghai Park. His mother and sister know this fact, but rather than report him, they try to convince him to become a double agent and work for the Korean Independence army.
- A love triangle develops between a young student, an older barmaid, and a married artist.
- The administrator of Kanghwa province makes a secret alliance with the monk Yu Kwang-pil to betray the nation with the aid of the hostile Cheong Kingdom. The king's court learns of the treason and they send an undercover investigator to Kanghwa to learn how deeply the plot runs
- A murderer takes care of his victim's child but the police are closing in on him.
- 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.