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- A Korean immigrant in L.A. encounters difficulties when he refuses to join the all-Korean gang in his highschool.
- Two ruined, old adversaries meet in a rehab center and reassess the conflict that dominated their lives since the Korean War. One man is a former cop and the other is a former communist guerrilla. The film flashes back to their tragic pasts to explain how they arrived where they are.
- A disillusioned student meets a eccentric beggar and a mute prostitute he falls in love with. Together, without money, they cross South Korea to help the girl go home.
- The sudden execution of his mother leaves a deep scar on the psyche of young Prince Yeongsan. When he ascends to the throne, he becomes attracted to a woman based on her resemblance to his mother. She uses his love and mother-fixation as a means to empower herself. She become more tyrannical and mad with power while he slips into insanity
- Two rival martial arts masters duel over territory and the loser plots revenge. Years later the victor has become more benevolent and sends out students to spread the good will of martial arts, only to inadvertently stir up old grudges.
- Based on the life of Korean folk-hero, Hong Kil-dong. Born of a concubine and an outcast of society, Hong Kil-dong rages against the corruption and hypocrapsy he sees around him. He becomes a Robin-hood style adventurer/thief to make the government officials and nobles aware of their faults
- Korean-American Seo Seung-cheol is looking for a wife but requires any potential canidates to be similar to his mother. Feeling American women are too independent, he goes to Korea to search for a suitable bride. He meets Su-jin but is put off by the fact that she works in a carwash. However, as he gets to learn more about her, his feelings begin to change
- Sang-gyu is a baseball player suffering from a batting slump. His unlucky streak ends when he meets a girl who is dying of anemia.
- Backstabbing and infighting in the communist party operating in South Korea at the end of the 1940's, causes upheavals in leadership and confusion among the ranks. This makes it easier for Inspectors Kim and Parkm to bring the group to its knees and prevent it from spreading its ideology.
- Man-sook, the king's executioner, promises dutiful Su-kyeong that he will give her father a proper burial after he has been executed. The two fall in love and marry but their lives are complicated by Su-kyeong's ambitious uncle who wants to make use of Man-sook's talent for killing to remove political opponents
- The pupils of rival martial arts schools attempt to destroy each other using super-martial arts and spells raising the dead.
- During the war, 2 brothers are forced to work for the Japanese in the mines of Sakhalin. At the conclusion of the war however, they find that the Soviet Union, now in control of the area, has no intention of letting them go
- Yong-pal and Yong-chil raise young Ji-hye whos e father is wanted by the police. There happy lives are turned to chaos when her father shows up wanting to live with them and be part of his daughter's life while continuing to hide from the police
- Desperate for a grandson, the Lees hire a surrogate mother for thei son Man-ho and their daughter-in-law Seok-hyang. However, when they discover that it is Man-bo who cannot father children, the Lees enlist the services of the merchant Hong Du-gae to impregnate Seok-hyang. However, they have no intention of allowing him to live afterwards and run the risk of a scandal to their family name
- Ae-bun feels pity for Seong-shin who is dying from a rare blood disease. She tries to make him enjoy his last days only to have her efforts rebuffed by his overly-protective father
- Kyeong-hie's dream is finally coming true and she marries Yeong. But for his part, Yeong cannot forget that his new bride was once a prostitute
- Nan learns that Mr Oh is not her real father when he kicks her out of the house after the death of her mother. Lacking any means to survive on her own, Nan marries the abusive Do-seon, but when she winds up in a hospital after being severely beaten, a mysterious benefactor steps in to aid her
- Blind popular singer, Lee Yong-bok, relates the story of how he lost his vision and his tragic first romance.
- Recently released from prison, Cheol-ho is expelled from his brother's house after he beats his sister-in-law. His brother decides that the family would be better off if Cheol-ho were dead and tries to arrange it.
- Dong-shik, a reformed bankrobber, is shocked to learn that his girlfriend had been driven mad by his former compatriots' brutality in his absence. In a rage, he sets out for vengence.
- Having been a college student for the past seven years, there are not many people who take Kim Su-hwan seriously. That, combined with personal issues of his sexual prowess, drives his girlfriend into the arms of a man who is more confident and unafraid of life
- A madam in a cabaret has worked hard to earn money for her elderly mother and to marry off her sisters to good husbands. She herself has dreams of marriage but, because of her seedy occupation, her dreams may never be realized
- Two elderly men vie for the love of the equally elderly Bok-rae. She chooses Deok-su. The spurned suitor, Yeong-gam, refuses food and becomes very sickly. Deok-su has a stroke and his elderly wife must work to support him and pay for his medication while Yeong-gam accuses him of ruining Bok-rae's life.
- Hyeon-shik, an underground rock singer whose songs touch the hearts of his fans due to their lonely lyrics, falls in love with a photo journalist. However, she breaks up with him just before their wedding and sends him down a road of drugs and alcohol abuse from which he may not recover
- Cellist Yu-kyeong begins an affair with a pediatrician while his wife is overseas. The doctor decides to break off the affair before his wife returns when he learns that Yu-kyeong is pregnant and suicidal
- Seong Ji-yeon, a female officer of the North Korean army, is discovered by southern forces on a snow covered mountain. She suffers from severe frostbite so she is taken to a military hospital. There she falls in love with a doctor, Captain Lee. However, when he is sent to the front, she is sent to try to survive the hardships of a POW camp
- During an interview on national television, Professor Lee proclaims that the agressive attempts of prostitutes to lure clients is the underlying reason why men are unfaithful to their wives. A group of madams watching the show are furious and unite their girls to destroy the professor's reputation, marriage and career.
- A Parent-trap-like movie. Twins, separated at birth, meet by chance and decide to exchange places in the hope of bringing their parents back together.
- An ex-con falls in love with a nurse and tries to live an honest life for her sake. Following his example, his sister attempts to leave her position as a barmaid at a disreputable club
- A man who went MIA in Vietnam, returns to Korea after 20 years. His wife has remarried and no longer recognizes him, but he takes a job in her husband's factory to be near her.
- A student in an all-girls highschool develops a crush on her homeroom teacher. Ethics prevent him from returning her feelings but she will try anything to be near him
- A scandal from the past of two friends haunts them to the present and may result in the loss of any future happiness
- Wol-ra decides that she wants to have a baby, but she does not necessarily want to get married. She sets out to find a man of intellect and talent so she can bear a child with these qualities.
- Two school troublemakers decide to become better students. They visit their suspicious teacher everyday after school to ask questions and offer help. When their teacher falls ill due to overwork and is hospitalized, they decide they must find a way to show their appreciation.
- Sun-woo is fired from his advertising job in Japan after it is revealed that his parents were Korean. His girlfriend, Hideko, also leaves him, more for his sudden lack of money than out of racism. Sun-woo decides to attempt a bank robbery in order to win her back
- Three girls meet while searching for a chicken one of them had lost. They discover they have a lot in common and form the Yalgae Girls' Club at their school.
- Twice widowed Pil-nyeo vows to become self-sufficient. To this end, she takes a job at a coal mine. There she is tricked by the supervisor and raped. Feeling that she has no one to turn to for help, Pil-nyeo continues to endure the abuses of this man until another victim takes matters into her own hands.
- Man-seok, a cow-seller, receives the girl Ok-sun in lieu of payment for a cow. He abuses her horribly and disfigures her face during one of his rages before losing her to a gambler.
- Four brothers live together and share the duties of a single household while trying to set their eldest brother up with the perfect woman.