本作は、道の片隅に咲く花草を愛し、ささやかに生きる男女の生活を描く物語。画家のナズナは恋人・キタムラとの壮絶な生活に精神のバランスを崩し、コタロウの部屋に逃げ込む。ナズナは花や草を愛するコタロウの愛に包まれて落ち着きを取り戻していくが、コタロウの勤める出版社が潰れたことで、2人の生活に亀裂が生じるのだった。

本作は、道の片隅に咲く花草を愛し、ささやかに生きる男女の生活を描く物語。画家のナズナは恋人・キタムラとの壮絶な生活に精神のバランスを崩し、コタロウの部屋に逃げ込む。ナズナは花や草を愛するコタロウの愛に包まれて落ち着きを取り戻していくが、コタロウの勤める出版社が潰れたことで、2人の生活に亀裂が生じるのだった。

At the Primrose Campground along the Kenai Lake of Alaska, a brief, unlikely love story takes place.

At the Primrose Campground along the Kenai Lake of Alaska, a brief, unlikely love story takes place.

小峰（王桂峰 饰）和文文（邓紫衣 饰）是情同手足的姐弟，两人从小到大从来都没有分开过，一直同吃同睡，彼此之间感情十分要好。然而，随着时间的推移，文文开始表现出了对独立的渴望，她拒绝再穿和弟弟一样的衣服，而且提出了两人分房睡的要求。 　　文文交了一个名叫小俊的男友，这让小峰的心里很不是滋味，一心想要将两人拆散。小峰找到了自己的好友乐乐，希望乐乐能够成为文文和小俊之间的第三者。然而，小峰并不知道的是，其实乐乐一直将对他的喜欢深深的埋藏在心底。让文文没有想到的是，没过多久，小俊便劈腿了，伤心的文文重新回到了小峰的身旁。

顾平安来钱塘调查父亲留下的悬案，偶遇正在为缴纳“单身税”发愁的宋诗蕊，二人假扮夫妻开酒楼，在合伙创业的过程里暗生情愫，联手打赢了酒楼商战，还一举挖出了盘踞在钱塘的黑恶势力，帮顾平安父亲的旧案沉冤昭雪。

人生路上，你可否会为谁按下暂停键？这是一趟迫不得已的回乡之旅，北漂的奥利赶回家乡澳门，从小带她长大的奶奶病重，而家人各自忙碌，这让自由职业的奥利成了照顾奶奶的最佳人选。祖孙二人在幸运阁的点滴相处中重拾美好时光，然而事业的停滞让奥利倍感焦虑，似乎奶奶正在成为拖累她的原因……在爱与忍耐等复杂情绪交织下，两代人各自探寻着关于幸福的答案。

Synopsis 　　Bellmaker Seok-seung (Heo Jang-kang), whose most famous handiwork is the legendary bell of Goryeong Temple, is living out his old age at a temple with a young woman named Young-sil (Moon Jeong-suk) as his neighbor. One day, Young-sil hears about Seok-seung's past. 　　The grandson of a famous bellmaker, Seok-seung works as a servant. He promises his lover Ok-bun (Moon Jeong-suk) that he will make a bell with the most beautiful sound in the world, and when Ok-bun suddenly dies, he sets about fulfilling his promise to her. He studies bellmaking for over a decade. Wandering the country following his teacher's death, Seok-seung meets a widow (Moon Jeong-suk) and settles down with her. His grandfather had committed suicide after losing to a rival bellmaker; Seok-seung steals the bell made by the rival artisan along with his grandfather's bell and runs off with them. While he is endeavoring to create the world's finest bell, his wife dies in childbirth. Continuing his pursuit of the perfect bell, Seok-seung finally succeeds in forging the most beautiful-sounding bell in the world by melting his grandfather's bell and the rival artisan's bell together, but he loses his daughter. 　　Meanwhile, as she listens to Seok-seung's tale, Young-sil begins to wonder if he is actually her long-lost father. Growing up as an orphan, she remembers hearing that her father was also a bellmaker. At the time, Japan is fighting in the Second World War and commandeering all the iron in Korea for its military campaign. The bell at Goryeong Temple also comes under threat of seizure. Fearing for its fate, Seok-seung tries to remove the bell and hide it, but falls down a cliff in the attempt and draws his last breath in Young-sil's arms. 　　Notes 　　Alternating between present and past through Seok-seung's and Young-sil's flashbacks, The Bell Tower relies on voice-over narration by each character to tell the story of their lives. This device gives the audience the impression of listening to an old tale. The Bell Tower may well be the first major Korean film to employ a structure that combines voice-over narration with flashback sequences. As revealed in film reviews of the time, The Bell Tower affords glimpses of the considerable effort the filmmakers put into, instilling something "uniquely Korean" in its content and imagery. It is an impressive movie that unostentatiously depicts the premodern artisan's stubborn passion for his work and the realizations and regrets brought about by time. The performances of Heo Jang-kang and Moon Jeong-suk, the latter delivering an impassioned turn in three different roles, also make The Bell Tower a standout. It is the first Korean film to be made for submission to foreign film festivals.