解放前,杂乱的上海街头,饥肠辘辘的流浪儿小牛偷了万老头修表铺中一块金表,他的小伙伴大猫和小耗子为之眼红,于是发生争斗,结果被带往警察局拘押。至此,三个孩子又团结一致,发誓严守金表的秘密。 　　拘押期内,小牛因争食并动手打人,又被送进“儿童教养院”。教养院训导主任殷小臣发现了小牛偷金表的秘密后,便借此要侠他,唆使他盗卖院内公物,此事被院内名叫小胖的孩子发现。事发之后,教养院教导员雷春华着手调查。 　　小胖准备联络院内孩子揭发殷小臣,小牛却向殷小臣通风报信。殷小臣先发制人,把小胖狠揍一顿。雷教导员为人热情厚道,对小牛生活关怀备至,使小牛深受感动。最后,当小牛知道万老头因丢了顾客的金表被拘留三个月,他的孙女、小牛的好朋友翠翠孤苦伶仃,无依无靠时,良心受到谴责,终于坦白了自己的错误,并揭发了殷小臣的违法勾当。小牛的表现,得到雷春华和孩子们的谅解和欢迎。

解放前,杂乱的上海街头,饥肠辘辘的流浪儿小牛偷了万老头修表铺中一块金表,他的小伙伴大猫和小耗子为之眼红,于是发生争斗,结果被带往警察局拘押。至此,三个孩子又团结一致,发誓严守金表的秘密。 拘押期内,小牛因争食并动手打人,又被送进“儿童教养院”。教养院训导主任殷小臣发现了小牛偷金表的秘密后,便借此要侠他,唆使他盗卖院内公物,此事被院内名叫小胖的孩子发现。事发之后,教养院教导员雷春华着手调查。 小胖准备联络院内孩子揭发殷小臣,小牛却向殷小臣通风报信。殷小臣先发制人,把小胖狠揍一顿。雷教导员为人热情厚道,对小牛生活关怀备至,使小牛深受感动。最后,当小牛知道万老头因丢了顾客的金表被拘留三个月,他的孙女、小牛的好朋友翠翠孤苦伶仃,无依无靠时,良心受到谴责,终于坦白了自己的错误,并揭发了殷小臣的违法勾当。小牛的表现,得到雷春华和孩子们的谅解和欢迎。

When the eldest grandson of Mr. Kang (Choi Seong-ho), a prominent local figure in the village of Suri in Hwanghae-do, becomes afflicted with a mysterious, life-threatening illness, the entire household is plunged in anxiety. The imminent death of the direct heir to the family name is a serious matter indeed, since the Kangs have a history of seeing their sons die young a fact that has resulted in a household teaming with widows. The family matriarch (Hwang Jung-seun) calls in the most famous shamans and has them perform healing rituals, but the illness shows no sign of improving. The family steward recommends that they bring in Ok-hwa (Yoo Ji-in), who is renowned for her extraordinary spiritual powers. While she is performing the ritual, a large snake drops down from the eaves of the house and causes a commotion. Amazingly, the incident brings about a dramatic improvement in the condition of Mr. Kang's grandson. The household buzzes with glad excitement, with everyone clinging to Ok-hwa and asking her to cure the disease outright. But Ok-hwa searches all around as if possessed by a spirit and discovers a sinister-looking gourd bottle buried deep in the ground in the pine forest. This bottle hides a bloody secret. 　　Some twenty years ago, there was, in the Kang family, a young widow by the name of Lee (Kim Yun-kyeong). Bound by strict moral codes, Lee was living a lonely life of enforced celibacy. She had taken to stabbing her thigh with a small silver knife every night in order to suppress her frustrated desires, but the wound became infected and she came on the verge of death. According to family tradition, the Kangs removed Lee to an isolated hut (called pi-makin Korean), and left her there to await her own death. The family matriarch, wishing to grant her daughter-in-law one final wish, arranged for her to spend a night with the hut keeper, Sam-dol (Nam Koong-won). Through Sam-dol's devoted care, Lee miraculously recovered and the two developed deep feelings for each other. The matriarch welcomed her daughter-in-law's recovery at first, but became enraged when she found out about Lee's adulterous relationship with Sam-dol. As punishment, the Kang family secretly murdered both Sam-dol and Lee. 　　Ok-hwa, who is in fact Sam-dol's daughter, was merely pretending to be a shaman in order to exact revenge for her father. Possessed by a real spirit, she attempts to kill Mr. Kang inside the hut but lets him go unscathed. She enters the hut, sets it on fire, and dies in the flames.

When the eldest grandson of Mr. Kang (Choi Seong-ho), a prominent local figure in the village of Suri in Hwanghae-do, becomes afflicted with a mysterious, life-threatening illness, the entire household is plunged in anxiety. The imminent death of the direct heir to the family name is a serious matter indeed, since the Kangs have a history of seeing their sons die young a fact that has resulted in a household teaming with widows. The family matriarch (Hwang Jung-seun) calls in the most famous shamans and has them perform healing rituals, but the illness shows no sign of improving. The family steward recommends that they bring in Ok-hwa (Yoo Ji-in), who is renowned for her extraordinary spiritual powers. While she is performing the ritual, a large snake drops down from the eaves of the house and causes a commotion. Amazingly, the incident brings about a dramatic improvement in the condition of Mr. Kang's grandson. The household buzzes with glad excitement, with everyone clinging to Ok-hwa and asking her to cure the disease outright. But Ok-hwa searches all around as if possessed by a spirit and discovers a sinister-looking gourd bottle buried deep in the ground in the pine forest. This bottle hides a bloody secret. 　　Some twenty years ago, there was, in the Kang family, a young widow by the name of Lee (Kim Yun-kyeong). Bound by strict moral codes, Lee was living a lonely life of enforced celibacy. She had taken to stabbing her thigh with a small silver knife every night in order to suppress her frustrated desires, but the wound became infected and she came on the verge of death. According to family tradition, the Kangs removed Lee to an isolated hut (called pi-makin Korean), and left her there to await her own death. The family matriarch, wishing to grant her daughter-in-law one final wish, arranged for her to spend a night with the hut keeper, Sam-dol (Nam Koong-won). Through Sam-dol's devoted care, Lee miraculously recovered and the two developed deep feelings for each other. The matriarch welcomed her daughter-in-law's recovery at first, but became enraged when she found out about Lee's adulterous relationship with Sam-dol. As punishment, the Kang family secretly murdered both Sam-dol and Lee. 　　Ok-hwa, who is in fact Sam-dol's daughter, was merely pretending to be a shaman in order to exact revenge for her father. Possessed by a real spirit, she attempts to kill Mr. Kang inside the hut but lets him go unscathed. She enters the hut, sets it on fire, and dies in the flames.

现年27岁的长冈（三浦贵大 饰），存款仅有725日元。此前他挺过了半身不遂的威胁，经历了恩师去世的悲痛，更顶住来自周遭的反对声和压力，最终成为一名高中教师。仅仅五年后，为了实现多年以来一直怀有的建造学校的梦想，他毅然选择辞职，而今为了筹措创校的资金四处奔走。 　　最初他用那点儿可怜的存款开了间小酒吧，能依靠的也只有自己的力量。幸运的是，总算有当初的四名学生集聚到长冈的身边。分别是健二（加治将树 饰）、由美（松冈茉优 饰）、崇史（柾木玲弥 饰）和大辅（山本凉介 饰）。简陋破旧的小酒吧，成为了长冈和四个人生正处于彷徨期的年轻人的避风港。为了进一步筹措资金，长冈决定自费出版自传。而对这四名年轻人来说，长冈老师的梦想不知不觉间也变成了他们的梦。与此同时，长冈不断认识因各种情况而旷课或者闭门不出的孩子与年轻人。怀有苦恼的他在学生和年轻人们的鼓励下，持续朝着建造学校的梦想迈进。他们昂起头颅，直面挑战……