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- The traditional Korean story of a Cinderella-like little girl. Kongjwi is a good, hard working girl who lives together with her cruel stepmother and the lazy Patjwi. Eventually kindly spirits arrive and assist Kongjwi escape her miserable home life.
- Orders go out from North Korea to kidnap South Korean tourists at the Tokyo Expo and bring them to the north.
- At an ocean side village, many fishing boats never return from the high sea, and many of the women in the village assume they are widows when their husbands never return. One of them, Seongku, begins an affair with a coal worker.
- Ok-hwa dies of a broken heart after she is forbidden to marry above her class. Her ghost haunts her former lover making his life, and the life of his new bride, unbearable.
- Two sisters flee in the face of the communist advance in January of 1951. The younger sister kills herself after being raped by a North Korean soldier. The elder sister is saved from the communists, but her rescuer rapes her. This leads to a deep distrust of all men including her boyfriend who, once they are reuinited, wants to marry her
- Based on the life of Kim Won-shik who was a judge in ancient Korea. Travelling around the country, he tried cases involving human sacrifices, peasant uprisings, and revenge
- Old Mr and Mrs Kim host a family reunion to celebrate the promotion of one of their children. They decide to visit each of their children's homes scattered across the nation and as they do, they come to realize how much Korea has developed since the end of the war.
- Because of a financial crisis, the Parks are forced to give up one of their sons for adoption. Unfortunately, the son that they raise is constantly in trouble with the law
- A wealthy man pretends to have been raised as a penniless orphan to gain life experience and find someone to love him for who he is rather than what he has.
- A platoon of South Korean soldiers find themselves cut off from their squad without communication. They are aided by an old man in a nearby village who did not evacuate his home.
- Yeong-shin, the son of Shin-ho and Hye-yeong, cannot stop thinking about his mother who left him in his father's care while she went to work in Japan. Meanwhile, his father's business is failing and he finds it increasingly difficult to support his family.
- A man gathers together a special task force to rescue his son who was kidnapped by communists.
- The villagers of Dolmuji in Hwanghae Province suffer terribly under the cruelty of their oppressors in North Korea. Armed with crude farming implements, they rise up against the heavily armed soldiers. All of the villagers are killed except for an elderly man and a young boy who remain in the empty village to tell the tale.
- Jun-ho falls in love with Eun-ju but is reluctant to reveal his feelings because his older brother also likes her. Eun-ju's father has other plans for her involving a rich company president who was formerly living with Jun-ho's older sister.
- Based on the short life of Lee Byeok who was born the son of a general in 1754. He converted to Catholicism and attempted to spread the faith with the help of missionaries from China. King Yong-jo brought an end to this with the extermination of Catholics in Korea, martyring Lee Byeok in 1785
- While on leave from the army as an award for his heroism, Sgt Jang organizes a special force made up of circus acrobats. Deploying them before sending in the marines, the acrobats destroy the heavily armed North Korean troops, making the beach safe for the marines to land.
- Hyeon-rae becomes engaged to Yun-su who must complete his overseas study before marrying her. Shortly after, Hyeon-rae is raped but she keeps it a secret from everyone. However, when she becomes pregnant, her liberal parents are very excited. Thinking that the baby is Yun-su's they send him letters of congratulations.
- Seven swordsmen share a thirst for revenge against a common enemy. After perfecting their skills, they set out to find their target but discover their enemy is more skillful than they suspected.
- An omnibus of three short stories connected by the theme of women who are betrayed by their husbands.