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。

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.

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