Based on the life of Heo Jun. The son of a low-level politician, Heo Jun studied medicine. He soon became more sought-after than his teacher and his social status was officially increased until he was granted nobility and allowed to be the king's personal physician. Surviving several plots against him by the jealous nobles, Heo Jun eventually succumbs to the black plague.

Choi Mun-seon (Seong So-min), a painter who lives alone on a beach, rescues drowning In-sun (Kim Ui-hyang). In-sun, a stewardess from Seoul, has more than platonic feelings for him, but he has no special feelings for her.Mun-seon meets Yun Myeong-hee who lived in his neighborhood 15 years ago. In order to help Myeong-hee's brother, Myeong-geun (Hyeon Sang-seob), who works for a magazine company, Mun-seon goes to Seoul. Myeong-hee and Mun-seon fall in love with each other. When In-sun meets Mun-seon in Seoul, she confesses her love for him, but he turns it down in a roundabout way. Meanwhile, Hwang In-su (Choi Bong), Mun-seon's co-worker at the company, teases Myoeng-hee and In-sun, while his wife (Kim Sin-jae) has been bedridden for years. On Myeonghee's and Mun-seon's engagement day, In-sun calls Mun-seon, saying that she has something to tell him. Before he arrives, In-su stabs In-sun to death because she turns him down. In-su blinds Mun-seon with a knife and he faints. Before In-su runs away, he puts his knife in Mun-seon's hand. Blind and stigmatized, Mun-seon accepts his fate and gives up defending himself. In the end, In-su is so touched by Mun-seon's personality that he confesses his crime. Freed, Mun-seon gets on a train to his hometown without letting Myeong-hee know.

乡村少年硕伊见到了从首尔转学来的少女妍伊。虽然对美丽的妍伊心生好感，但硕伊小心掩饰着自己的真情，而是故意表现得满不在乎，甚至像一个行为不端的坏孩子。有一段时间硕伊突然见不到妍伊，感到十分不安和失落。他暗中跟随妍伊，见到几个调皮的孩子戏弄妍伊，忙上去帮她解围。硕伊和妍伊的关系亲密许多。两个人越走越近，足迹遍布乡村和山野，一起度过了不少欢快的时光。一天，孩子们遭遇一场滂沱大雨，到瓜棚下避雨。没想到，妍伊因为这次淋浴得了重病，后来竟离开了人世。硕伊痛不欲生，按照妍伊的遗言，为她穿上了红衣服……

A young boy's village is overrun by the North Korean army soon after war breaks out. His uncle Sun-cheol joins the Communists, but tries to protect his in-laws; especially his intellectual anti-communist uncle Gil-jun. The tide turns and South Korean troops oust the Northerners and family members are forced to become blood enemies. 在韩战爆发后一个小孩子的村子很快被朝鲜军队占领，他叔Sun-cheol加入了朝鲜的党，但其尽力保护自己的亲家，尤其是那个反动知识分子 Gil-jun叔；形势扭转后，韩国军队赶走了北方军队，该家族的成员也不共戴天了。

Stalwart soldiers of the Japanese Empire – Japanese and Korean alike – stand in defense of a military outpost threatened by "bandits."