A whaling vessel hunts its quarry on the open sea while its crew undergoes many hardships. During the course of their journey, they dream of their wives and families and pray for the chance to provide for the loved ones and nation.
Midwife
남편이 군에 지원 입대하여 전쟁터로 나갔다. 아내는 남편이 무사히 돌아오기만을 손꼽아 기다린다. 그러나 소식이 없다 남편은 다리에 부상을 입고 요양소에서 요양중이었다. 때마침 그 요양소에는 아내의 친구인 간호원이 근무하고 있었다. 간호원은 어느날 부상병이 떨어뜨린 사진에서 그가 바로 친구의 남편임을 알고 아내에게 연락한다. 그리하여 남편과 아내가 감격의 재회를 한다는 내용의 어용영화이다. 영화제 소개글. 성기는 형이 전쟁에서 전사하자 집에 돌아오지만 아버지는 반대하는 결혼을 한 작은 아들을 끝내 외면한다. 고민하던 성기는 형의 뒤를 이어 군에 지원하고 힘들게 생계를 꾸려가던 아내는 혼자 아이를 낳는다. 전쟁에서 부상을 당한 성기와 병으로 죽어가던 아내가 조선해협을 사이에 두고 통화를 하며 가족간의 화해가 이루어진다. 전쟁에 참전하는 것이 곧 가족의 화합과 사랑의 완성이라는 묘한 등식을 이루는 선전영화이다. 그러나 깔끔한 만듦새는 당시 우리 영화의 높은 수준을 확인케 한다.
Seongmun Kim's wife
In the previous year, the harvest had been very poor and many farmers starved durng the winter. With the new growing season, it looks as if the harvest will again be bad because of a lack of rain. Young, idealistic farmer Eun-gi asks rich Kim Han to share his bounty, but the request is refused. Eun-gi's rightous fury is turned to rain by the heavens, giving the poor farmers a cause to celebrate
One spring day when it rained. While watering the paddy fields, Geumryong gets into a fight with the neighboring young man Kokibong, but accidentally kills him. Geum-ryong is sentenced to three years in prison. Meanwhile, Go Young-ran, who is engaged to Geum-ryong, runs away from home because her parents force her to marry someone else. Geum-ryong, who has been released from prison, finds Yeong-ran, but she has become a bar clerk. However, she sees Young-ran, who is still guarding Jeongjo, and she starts anew with Young-ran.
Boarding House Grandma
영화 춘향전을 만들던 중 이영일에게 친구의 동생이자 영화배우 지망생인 김정희가 찾아온다. 영일은 영화에 마땅한 자리가 없어 정희를 음반회사에 소개시켜주고 돌봐준다. 춘향전의 여주인공 안나는 영일에게 호감을 보이지만 정작 영일은 그녀에게 관심이 없고, 안나의 애인이자 뒤를 봐주던 음반회사의 문예부장 한계수 역시 정희에게 관심을 보인다. 한편 영일과 함께 영화 춘향전을 촬영하던 감독 허훈은 안나가 말썽을 부리자 다툼 끝에 그녀를 내치고, 대신 정희를 춘향으로 기용한다. 정희의 투입으로 촬영이 순조롭게 진행되던 즈음, 영일과 허훈은 제작비 부족으로 곤란을 겪게 되고, 영일은 공금에 손을 대고 감옥에 갇힌다. 정희는 영일의 면회를 가지만 만나지 못한다. 영일이 안나의 도움으로 이미 풀려나왔기 때문이다. 수감 생활로 심신이 허약해진 영일은 안나의 극진한 간호를 받아 건강을 회복한다. 그 사이에 영화인들의 의기투합으로 반도영화주식회사가 설립되고, 회사의 든든한 지원으로 춘향전이 완성되어 대성공을 거둔다. 춘향전 개봉을 축하하기 위해 영일이 돌아오지만, 내심 영일의 행방을 걱정했던 정희는 그의 옆에 안나가 있는 것을 야속해하며 쓰러진다. 이후 정희는 영일에 대한 오해를 풀고, 둘은 동료들의 배웅을 받으며 일본영화계 시찰을 위해 기차에 몸을 싣는다.
Sun-i's mother
Electrician Dol-soi who was from an orphanage loved Soon-yi who was a daughter of the pub in town. Soon-yi, however, loved handsome electrician Eun-ki and refused Dol-soi's proposal. One day, an awful electrician Ba-woo tried to rape Soon-yi in a dark place. But, Dol-soi rescued her. As usual, Soon-yi loved Eun-ki. Frustrated Dol-soi left the town alone.
The heroine, a girl of marriageable age named Yu, married a thirteen-year-old fiancé, but he died three years later. Twenty years later, Yu adopts a child from a relative named Dong-gil. Dong-gil's siblings, wishing to inherit his legacy, spread rumors that Yu is having an affair with the village teacher.
A film based on the 1939 Dong-A Ilbo's New Year's Literature.
The female protagonist loves a handsome young man who lives in the same village and is a musician. However, her parents plan to marry her by arrangement. Around that time, the young man leaves to study in Japan, and she decides to get married at the behest of her parents. The day the young man returned from studying abroad was her wedding day. The young man ran to her wedding hall to no avail. Lost in despair, she wanders and decides to have a concert in her home country, persuaded by her friends. And in the back seat of the presentation, there was a woman in tears.
Based on the novel of the same title by Kwang-Soo Lee (Yi Kwang-su), published in 'Maeil Shinbo' in 1917. The plot is based on the relationship of three young people - English teacher Hyeong-sik Lee, dancer Young-chae Park and Hyun-soo Kim, the daughter of a wealthy presbyter. Left an orphan in early childhood, Hyeong-sik was brought up in the house of Master Park. From childhood, Park predicted his daughter Young-chae as Hyeong-sik's wife. Master Park was a patriot, and when the Japanese invaders came to power, he was illegally convicted and imprisoned. His daughter Young-chae became a kisaeng to earn money to send packages to the prison. At this time, Hyeong-sik and Young-chae are moving away from each other, and Hyun-soo appears in the life of Hyeong-sik, whom he fell in love with and is going to marry her.
Bo-shim's father sends her to a rich man to be his concubine. Her lover, Geum-ryong, becomes a Buddhist monk in the hope of forgetting her but with little success
Pianist (Ung Na) is married to the beautiful (Jeong-suk Kim). His wife is a vain, self-indulgent woman who plays with other men.
