电影的故事背景设置在日本强占时期1932年的首尔，日本美术留学归来的本雄（金秀哲饰）在归国展示会当中结识了青年诗人李箱（金甲洙饰），对他非常欣赏，此后便开始提携照顾李箱，为他作出很多牺牲并且放弃了自己的爱情。患有慢性结核的李箱来到本雄为他提供的疗养处养病，在这里他结识了妓生锦红（李知恩饰）并且渐渐不能自拔，过着放纵的生活。尽管锦红神奇的魅力让本雄也深深着迷，但是在李箱和金红之间他根本无法作出选择。之后因为诗歌“乌瞰图”的缘故，李箱遇到了文学创作上的危机，而同时红也和他剧烈争执后分开。为了帮助日益消沉的朋友，本雄前去寻找锦红，但是她却不肯回来。最终从未忘记过锦红的本雄带着死去李箱的遗物再次寻找锦红……

特务机构雪衣卫首领风作人奉嘉帝之命，潜入定远侯府寻找前朝太子，意图斩草除根。然而在这个过程中，凤作人却发现嘉帝的背后有人正在布局更大的阴谋……

景明十二年秋，北镇抚司锦衣卫指挥使路斩奉命调查赈灾银失窃案，在霞凤楼设伏抓捕要犯。杂役黄玉为赚取跑腿费误入案发现场，凭借过人机敏与路斩周旋，最终协助擒获嫌犯王莽。审讯中黄玉全盘托出与头牌张楚楚的接触，路斩在楚楚房内发现神秘月牙石。黄玉虽被释放却遭暗中监视，为生计接取抬棺活计时卷入离奇"鬼新娘案"，送葬队伍全员丧命唯有她幸存，被赶到的刑部侍郎沈判以重大嫌疑押入大牢。

谢锦是一个人的名字，他姓谢，名字叫做锦桂毓；為了易於称呼，多年来他的名字都被简化為两个字--谢锦。他是一个男人，职业是「老师」，2008年夏天退休以前，他是辅仁大学的老师，教的科目是中国文学，前后总共执教三十三年。 　　三十三年前，谢锦被辅大英文系主任谭德义神父找去，要他教授系上的国文课。两个人的一段对话定下了这堂国文课的基调---每个人都是独立存在的生命，人必须了解自己的文化，才能发现自己、了解存在的意义。从那时开始，谢锦的国文课一边唱著文学的调子，一边推动著一场民族灵魂的改造工程；他激励学生当自己生命的主人，勇敢面对内心的幽闭恐惧，他把教室变成没有禁忌和框界的生命剧场，进行一次又一次大胆的探索。 　　二OO五年九月，又是一群大一新鲜人走进了这间教室，开始不断受到詰问。在这间没有让步更不可能妥协的教室裡，这群学生好像在睡梦裡被强迫摇醒，被逼著必须面对自己。从困惑、错愕、愤怒，终於教室裡发生了出走对抗的冲突…。 　　一部导演跟拍3年的纪录片，谢锦的课在辅大英文系已经变成一则传奇；新生一入学先被学长学姐警告恐吓，四年的大学生涯更几乎都充斥著谢锦的「阴影」。他是最多人恨的老师，也是最多人爱的老师。他的课是最辛苦、最难修的课，却也收穫最多、影响最深最远。抱著对人的爱与热情，用一种坚持、不妥协的态度，创造出一片独特的课堂风景。在这风景裡看的是谢锦的学生；这些自称「谢锦受害协会成员」的学生们，从困惑、抵抗、愤怒，到為自己而fighting，终究成就了自己的内在英雄。

谢锦是一个人的名字，他姓谢，名字叫做锦桂毓；為了易於称呼，多年来他的名字都被简化為两个字--谢锦。他是一个男人，职业是「老师」，2008年夏天退休以前，他是辅仁大学的老师，教的科目是中国文学，前后总共执教三十三年。 　　三十三年前，谢锦被辅大英文系主任谭德义神父找去，要他教授系上的国文课。两个人的一段对话定下了这堂国文课的基调---每个人都是独立存在的生命，人必须了解自己的文化，才能发现自己、了解存在的意义。从那时开始，谢锦的国文课一边唱著文学的调子，一边推动著一场民族灵魂的改造工程；他激励学生当自己生命的主人，勇敢面对内心的幽闭恐惧，他把教室变成没有禁忌和框界的生命剧场，进行一次又一次大胆的探索。 　　二OO五年九月，又是一群大一新鲜人走进了这间教室，开始不断受到詰问。在这间没有让步更不可能妥协的教室裡，这群学生好像在睡梦裡被强迫摇醒，被逼著必须面对自己。从困惑、错愕、愤怒，终於教室裡发生了出走对抗的冲突…。 　　一部导演跟拍3年的纪录片，谢锦的课在辅大英文系已经变成一则传奇；新生一入学先被学长学姐警告恐吓，四年的大学生涯更几乎都充斥著谢锦的「阴影」。他是最多人恨的老师，也是最多人爱的老师。他的课是最辛苦、最难修的课，却也收穫最多、影响最深最远。抱著对人的爱与热情，用一种坚持、不妥协的态度，创造出一片独特的课堂风景。在这风景裡看的是谢锦的学生；这些自称「谢锦受害协会成员」的学生们，从困惑、抵抗、愤怒，到為自己而fighting，终究成就了自己的内在英雄。

在霞凤楼做杂役的怪力少女黄玉误闯锦衣卫密查盗银案的捕杀现场，且成为锦衣卫指挥使路斩怀疑的对象，最终虽然洗脱冤屈，但仍因为身赋异能，被路斩威逼利诱特招进北镇抚司去做了小捕快，打工人黄玉一心只想攒钱养老，奈何总被冷面上司剥削压榨。从鬼新娘冥婚案，到送子观音案，黄玉的直爽聪慧吸引了刑部侍郎沈判，两人十分投缘，后知后觉的路斩醋坛子炸锅，于是一朝直男醒悟，铁树开花，开启追妻之路。锦衣卫小分队在笑闹中最终破获官银被盗案，也揭开了黄玉的身世，其家族冤屈也得以昭雪……

你一句，我一句，两句话是人与人产生交流的最小单位，而人与人的交流，是一切社会活动的起点。这个专场诞生已经是好几年前的事情了，录制日期距今也一年有余，但今日回头看，它还是那么禁得住品，它是喜剧老炮、东北文青宁家宇与愿意与他共振的观众们，掏心窝子的一次交流。

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.