Yu Jin is a member of a gang in Itaewon district. He will do anything for money, even take a knife. The only person he cares about is his half brother Dol Ee. Shany and Geum Ja are dancers in clubs in Itaewon. They will sleep with anyone, even foreigners, for money. Shany and Geum Ja only have each other to lean on. Nam Ok and Jang Sook have their own fantasies about America and are obsessed by the American dream. Jang Po is an Itaewon mob boss who cruelly extorts money from the young people of Itaewon. These people fight each other with tragic consequences. Under the Itaewon sky, their suffering and tragic love continue.
A man is paid to seduce the wife of a powerful stockbroker but realizes that he is being set up for a murder charge.
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.
순박한 산골의 처녀 은하는 서울에 올라와 다방레지가 된다. 바람둥이 사진작가 남준에게 유린당한 은하는 아마츄어 레슬링 선수인 성구와 동거를 시작한다. 그러나 이 생활도 오래가지 않자 은하는 환락가의 꽃순이가 된다. 여기서 외롭고 부유한 윤노인을 만나 그의 배려로 행복한 생활을 하지만 윤노인은 곧 죽는다. 다시 자포자기의 생활로 빠져든 은하의 앞에 첫사랑 봉수가 나타나지만 은하는 홀로 떠난다.
