A man struggles to support his pregnant wife, two children, lonely sister and mentally unstable mother.

An indigent widower gets by working as a housing agent, and his son uses every trick in the book to earn some extra cash. Living next to them is the breadwinner of a family of four, who, though his job as a litter picker barely gives him enough to live on, must support his ailing wife, elderly mother and disabled daughter.

A man tries to raise his two sons and two daughters under some of the most adverse conditions known to man. The father operates a horse-drawn cart, but in a city that is modernizing after the destruction of the Korean War, automobiles are making carts obsolete.

A man wants to leave his mistress so he can marry the daughter of the director of the hospital. However, complications ensue and the devil in this man is released.

A naive country youth goes to the city to persuade his brother to return home, not knowing that his brother is a petty criminal involved with a sex worker who services American soldiers.

A disabled man tries to get by despite facing prejudice in a famine-ravaged village which practises the custom of abandoning one’s parents in the mountains once they reach old age.

A young widow and a child monk form a bond, leading to a request for adoption.

A group of communist guerillas encounter jealousy and rivalry among themselves over a female compatriot, while one of their members plots to desert their band.

A lawyer defends her mother-in-law, who has confessed to murder.