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A Korean immigrant in L.A. encounters difficulties when he refuses to join the all-Korean gang in his highschool.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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

The pupils of rival martial arts schools attempt to destroy each other using super-martial arts and spells raising the dead.

North Korean agents are sent to Seoul to disrupt the visit of important international dignitaries.

Shin, who inherited 50 jeon from his grandmother, was sold as a servant at the age of seven. Falsely accused of stealing the 50 jeon and subjected to abuse, Shin escaped and collapsed in the mountains. Rescued by Jin-ho, a soldier who had deserted from the student army, Shin lived in the mountains with him, learning to read and experiencing love. After spending the harsh winter together, Shin and Jin-ho decided to descend from the mountain, but they were discovered by military police along the way, and Jin-ho was killed. Shin returned home with Jin-ho's keepsake, a harmonica, but faced his father's beatings and was forced into another servant life. Determined to find his mother, Shin left home. Upon meeting his mother, who had become a courtesan, Shin came to understand her and began working as a servant again. Despite the hardships, Shin returned home upon hearing that his grandmother was critically ill. Standing before his grandmother's death, Shin vowed to overcome poverty.

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

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.

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

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

Blind popular singer, Lee Yong-bok, relates the story of how he lost his vision and his tragic first romance.

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.