Si-mok happens to see a drawing of his dead wife at an art exhibition. He turns white with shock. Leaving the exhibition, Si-mok gets into a cab but the driver takes him into the woods. Si-mok had been living happily with his widowed mother, Mrs. Heo and his wife, Ae-ja. Mrs. Heo has a passionate affair with Dr. Pak. However, Ae-ja's sister, Hye-suk witnesses the affair. She promises to keep it a secret. While Si-mok is abroad on business, Mrs. Heo conspires with Hye-suk and poisons Ae-ja, killing her. Afterwards, Si-mok lives with Hye-suk. Subsequently, Ae-ja becomes a ghost filled with anger and torments Si-mok's family. Si-mok overcomes this hardship through his faith in Buddha.
A Korean woman raised in Spain with European values towards life and romance finds living in her ancestral land stifling and it eats away at her vitality.
A deaf woman boarding with an elderly laborer suffers many hardships upon the latter's death. The old man's son offers to care for her, but she feels she must leave in order to protect the young man's reputation.
College boxer Jin-kyu falls in love with a college girl Min-hye while chatting on the phone. Min-hye gives him her virginity but her family forces her to get engaged to In-myung and get rid of the baby with Jin-kyu. Broken hearted, Jin-kyu fights as a professional boxer while seeing Yeon-hi who runs a salon. He loses the match on the verge of championship and suffers failure. Min-hye feels sympathy for him who struggles and embraces life.
Чин Сок возвращается с войны во Вьетнаме, раненый, и женится на Сун-ок. Но из-за финансовых трудностей они начинают ссориться.
Kim Yeong-geol
Молодой человек с друзьями-студентами отправляется на природу, где, погнавшись с сачком за бабочкой, встречает незнакомку. Та предлагает ему вместе выпить, а на самом деле девушка ждала первого встречного, чтобы с ним уйти из жизни. Ей это удалось, а наш герой выжил. Парня также ожидает встреча с бессмертным стариком, настойчиво твердящем о воле к жизни, с 2000-летним скелетом, который внезапно превратится в девушку из королевства Силла, и множество других странных событий.
While working on a case with farmers, lawyer Heo Seung comes to believe that the rural development movement is the only lasting way to preserve the identity of the country. With conviction, Seung throws himself into the rural area. However, this position is against the Japanese occupation policies and eventually, even his wife, Yun Jung-sun, ends up leaving him. The Japanese judge Masaki Hiroshi determines that Seung's rural development activities are actually a rebellion against Japan. He has Seung imprisoned as an ideology criminal. After spending five years in jail, Seung returns to the country to see his wife, Jung-sun, continuing her husband's work and waiting for him.
Seon Woo-hyeon
Есть в Корее легенда об острове Ио, куда попадают души моряков после смерти. Пиарщик местной туркомпании Сон У-хён предлагает назвать новую гостиницу на Чеджу «Остров Ио» и для этого организует рекламный круиз по морю. Ночью с корабля исчезает предварительно хорошо выпивший с У-хёном журналист, ярый противник этой затеи. Чтобы разобраться в произошедшем и снять с себя обвинения, У-хён вместе с директором компании прибывают на малую родину журналиста, остров Паран. А там живут одни только женщины, уверенные, что всех родившихся тут мужчин ожидает одна участь - умереть в море и отправиться на остров Ио.
North Korean agents are sent to Seoul to disrupt the visit of important international dignitaries.
Teacher Park
Yun Gi-jun has become the executive director of a pharmaceutical company by marrying the widowed daughter of the company CEO. With the general shareholders’ meeting coming up shortly, his wife suggests that he visit his hometown of Mujin and he takes her advice.
Kang-wook
A writer who was disabled during the Korean War (1950-1953) is now contributing a serial to a newspaper. His wife, who once adored him, is tempted by a young man she happens to know. But he overlooks her affair thanking her for her utmost care up until that time. Then the young man asks her to leave with him for a faraway place...
A well behaved female prisoner, on parole, is set to return to prison. On the train ride back to prison she encounters a man who is actually a fugitive.
