Attorney Lim
Heo Seung, quien afirma que "nació del suelo, vivirá en el suelo y morirá en el suelo", se convierte en abogado en Seúl. Sin embargo, cuando los aldeanos de su ciudad natal son encarcelados por protestar contra la opresión japonesa, decide regresar a su aldea y redescubre la verdadera forma de ayudar a su país.
A 10-year old girl in a mining town, separated from her family, keeps a diary which becomes a best-seller.
Harii
The son of a freedom fighter, Sang-hun is a member of an anti-Japanese resistance group called "Seongjinhoe," composed of students who share a dedication to the cause of liberation. Their spiritual guide is a teacher named Song Un-in. One day, Yeong-ae, whose brother is a detective in the Japanese police force charged with monitoring independence movements, joins their group. Following a series of sporadic incidents, the students gather one night to resolve on an uprising, but are discovered by the police. Young-ae is wrongfully accused of betraying their plans, but she risks her life in order to allow the group members to escape. The morning after, the students of Gwangju rise up against the Japanese government.
At the end of the Joseon Dynasty, shortly after the Eulsa Treaty has been forced to be concluded by Ito Hirobumi and the pro-Japanese courtiers, Japan pressures King Gojong to step down from the throne. Meanwhile, An Jung-geun, who is cultivating men of ability at Samheung school, is deeply impressed by a speech made by An Chang-ho, and heads for Russia to volunteer the army fighting for independence of the country. As both a lieutenant general of the Korean militia and a commander of the Korean expeditionary force in Manchuria, he carries on the independence movement in defiance of Japanese coercion.
A housemaid becomes pregnant by her employer's husband and she flees to the countryside to raise her daughter on her own.
