Matchmaker
В стародавние времена королевства Корё действовал закон Корёдзян, который предписывал отправлять каждого старика, достигшего 70 лет, на вершину горы умирать. В бедную горную деревушку, где действовал этот жестокий обычай, приходит вдова с маленьким сыном Ку-рёном, чтобы стать очередной женой местного землевладельца. Вскоре орава его детишек натравливает на новоиспеченного братца ядовитую змею.
Rice seller
Ttosun, a young hard-working woman with a good heart, falls in love with a driver but her father disapproves of the match.
His parents captured by the Baekje armies, prince Eo-jin infiltrates the enemy castle alone to seek revenge. His plot is ruined when he falls in love with a princess there and is forced to choose between betraying his parents and nation or the woman he loves.
Mill owner
Jinsa Maeng's daughter is contracted to marry a nobleman's son, however, Jinsa Maeng is upset when he hears about a rumor that the fiance of his daughter is lame. Finally, he decides to take on the idea of arranging his maid to take his daughter's place in the wedding.
Thief
A poor boarder inherits 30 million dollars from an American soldier whose life he saved during the Korean War. The stingy landlady instantly turns into a completely different person, women swarm around him, and charities ask him for donations. Gangsters come forward and try to kill him...
Hasegawa
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.
After the woman who nearly killed her is brought to trial, Eun-hie finds that she must take the stand to give evidence. However, the defense attempts to turn the tables on her by revealing her sordid past and trying to make it seem as if she deserved what happened to her.
A housemaid becomes pregnant by her employer's husband and she flees to the countryside to raise her daughter on her own.
A newspaper reporter becomes a witness to a murder and finds himself relentlessly pursued by the killer.