Dong-jin goes to Seoul with dreams of becoming a singer. He never loses sight of his dream even when he is forced to take a job in a repair shop to pay the bills.

A woman becomes depressed when the man she loves chooses her rival for his heart to be his wife. She consoles herself with the fact that they still live in the same city and she may have the opportunity to steal him away from his wife

Ship captain Lee Dae-geun falls in love with a showgirl named Eun-shil. When a North Korean spy is refused transport by Dae-geun, the agent atempts to kill him. Lee kills the man in self-defense, but is sent to prison.

So Jeong-ja poses as a translator but, in reality, is a North Korean spy. Over time, and after several missions across the border, she comes to appreciate her life in South Korea and to doubt the communist philosophy.

The detective Hyun-soo tries to track down a girl who disappeared off of a cliff during a stormy night.

Nam-ju is rescued by a black American soldier during the war and the two fall in love but he returns to the USA at the end of his active duty. Nam-ju bears a son but she has lost contact with the father and doesn't know how to locate him.