Kwang Su (Shin Hyun Jun) has struggled his whole life to shake off the stigma of a shameful family history. He lives in a state of perpetual despair. By contrast, Jong Man (Lee Byung Hun) works as a bartender and spends his days dreaming of becoming an international movie star and his nights filming himself and contacting top Hollywood production companies in the hope that one day he will get his lucky break. Then there is the shy girl Se Hee who works in a music store. When Kwang Su stumbles into the music store, blind drunk, but still able to bash out a tune on a piano, Se Hee falls instantly in love. When Kwang Su stumbles into the bar where Jong Man works, he finds himself arrested for his brother's murder. But fortunately he manages to escape from the police, bumps into Jong Man who instantly lets him stay in his apartment.

After losing all hope to live, Jeong Hee-wan unexpectedly reunites with her first love, Kim Ram-woo, who is now a grim reaper, opening a new chapter in her life.

The 1950s were an era filled with desire and aspiration, despite the aftermath of the Korean War. Jeongnyeon, a girl with a gifted voice, embarks on a journey to become the best actor of gukgeuk, or Korean female classical opera, where she encounters competition, solidarity, and growth.

《薯童谣》是韩国SBS自2005年9月推出的月火剧，亦为SBS创社15周年特别企划剧。该剧是导演李丙勋再次携手编剧金荣昡继《大长今》之后又一以历史为题材的作品。
该剧以韩国百济时代重科技重实用的历史为背景，描述了薯童美丽的梦想之路，同时也讲述了朝鲜半岛三国时代的历史人物百济武王与新罗善花公主的跌宕起伏而又不乏儿女柔情的一生逸事。

SYNOPSIS
Eun-jae, a children's book illustrator, runs into Jin-woo at a bookstore. Jin-woo and Eun-jae met years ago on a train. Although each has a family to go home to, both believe that their meeting is more than coincidence and begin to see each other. Meanwhile, Eun-jae's friend Yoon-su and Jin-woo's friend Chang-se begin an illicit affair. Both have marital problems -- Yoon-su is in a loveless marriage and Chang-se's wife is overtly suspicious of her husband. Eun-jae, despite feelings of guilt for her husband and daughter, cannot help being drawn to Jin-woo who is gentle and respectful of her feelings. On the other hand, Yoon-su and Chang-se's relationship turns volatile when they risk everything to be together.
故事
作为儿童图书出版公司插图画家的Eunja，去书店找材料，接到Jinwoo的友好问候。几年前，Eunja偶然遇见了一辆窄轨列车的Jinwoo。当命运再次发生，他开始与金宇仔细会面，而他知道他有一个家庭，他不知道是什么原因。他们都停留在会议的行列eunjae朋友云苏锦宇和深情的丈夫和朋友的世界uibujeung快速方法的基础上的，享受了一次秘密会议，以避免他的妻子的眼睛。Eunjae是deuneunde，而他的女儿和她的丈夫感受到来自即将到来的津佑手感柔软无限远的感觉，尊重他们的感情丝毫的愧疚，而实现kkeutnaljul一次的云苏世界会议的基础上，最终穿着膝盖巨大的牺牲一扔我正在像一个生活奔向一个新的盲目爱...

While awaiting the publication of his fairytale about his dementia-stricken octogenarian mother, an acclaimed South Korean novelist receives news that she has passed away, so he leaves the city and returns to her village to take part in the funeral.

Ahn is a suicidal saxophonist, Mun is violent simpleton with an I.Q. of 80 and Maria is single mother with dreams of becoming a nun. Ahn has tried numerous times to kill himself but nothing ever works. When he witnesses his wife infidelity, it is the last straw.

1994 film by Im Kwon-taek