Jang is attacked in her home by a masked man two nights in a row. Her husband is reluctant to call the police, but they both begin to suspect the odd young man living next door
Jeom-rye works as a sharecropper to make a living for her good-for-nothing husband and her son Yong. But the village men are always trying to seduce her. When she rebuffs her landlord's advances, she is wrongly accused by his wife and is forced to leave. Sam-su, the servant who is smitten with her, offers to lend her husband, Deok-hi, money for her affections. Deok-hi tries to sell her off to Sam-su but Jeom-rye gets him arrested for trafficking humans. Sam-su realizes Jeom-rye's sincerity and drops the charges and Deok-hi repents his ways only too late. He dies of an illness. When her son Yong dies from indigestion after eating rice cakes, she goes off the edge.
Byeon Kang-soe proves to be too powerful and endowed for most women to bear so he begins a quest to locate Ong-nyeo, a woman whose sexual stamina matches his own
On the first full moon of January, in the town of Ha-pyung, there is a festival going on in the yard of Shin Chi-gyu, the town's biggest landowner. They are playing yut, a game of throwing four short sticks. The winner of the game is Ok-bun's husband, Lee Bang-won. Having no money, Ok-bun and Bang-won had been tenant farmers on Chi-gyu's land. With their winnings, they try to start their own business. Chi-gyu had always been drawn to Ok-bun. When Bang-won leaves, Chi-gyu comes on strong to Ok-bun. Ok-bun waits eagerly for her husband's return but Bang-won has failed in his business and returns a pauper. As their dreams go up in smoke, Ok-bun falls into deep despair.
미혼의 여사무원 해수는 우연히 소매치기를 당하고 그녀의 주민등록증을 가진 혁민이란 사내가 그녀에게 접근하기 시작한다. 그러나 애인인 승철의 충고로 해수는 혁민을 피하지만 그녀의 25번째 생일에 혁민은 해수에게 장미와 보석을 보내지만 해수는 그것들을 되돌려주려고 승철과 함께 혁민을 기다리다 오히려 혁민과 친구 태수에게 납치된다. 납치의 목적은 승철의 결벽증을 자극해 승철과 해수의 사이를 이간시키려 했던 것이다. 그후 해수와 혁민이 만나는 것을 알게된 승철은 복수심에 해수를 호텔로 유인하나 해수대신 혁민이 호텔로 가 상처를 입고 입원하게 되자 해수는 혁민을 사랑하게 되어 그를 가르쳐 나간다. 그러던중 혁민이 대재벌의 아들임이 밝혀지고 그간의 일은 진실한 사랑을 찾기위한 것이었음이 밝혀진다.
A thief discovers a poor student who resembles a rich man's son and coerces him to join his plan to steal a large sum of money.
Kim Ik-do and his second wife, Hye-mi, are living happily on the deer farm when a new breeder is hired. Hye-mi recognizes him as the ex-boyfriend who betrayed her five years ago. She makes a move on him but he is suffering from amnesia. Through her devoted nursing, he makes a full recovery and regains his memory. He leaves Hye-mi but then returns, demanding her love. Ik-do is furious but ultimately bows to their love. However, the man's wife and young child come looking for him. Hye-mi falls into the embrace of her forgiving husband.
Bun-nyeo, a girl in a mountain village loses her virginity to Myong-jun, the village vagabond. After both of her suitors die before they can wed Bun-nyeo, she moves to the city to work in a factory. Myong-jun persuades her to return to the village, but he is arrested for murder. As the film ends, Bun-nyeo is waiting for Myong-jun's release.
규화와 진우는 소꼽친구이지만 성격상 차이가 많다. 같은 소꼽친구 미연이는 진우와 단짝이었지만, 성인이 되면서 규화의 적극적인 행동에 그의 포로가 된다. 그러나 출세에 눈이 먼 규화는 진우의 여자친구인 가희가 부잣집 딸임을 알고 그녀를 빼앗는다. 그로인해 성공을 하지만, 마침내 현실이란 거대한 벽에 부딪힌 규화는 연상의 미망인과 과감하게 사랑을 나누고, 자신의 딸을 낳는 미연을 더욱 학대한다. 규화는 아내 가희가 자살을 하고 나서야 잘못을 깨닫고 새 출발을 다짐하게 된다.
