服役结束后，昌秀做起了搓澡工。一天，他在警察所里偶然见到了英子。三年前，曾钢铁厂做工的昌秀第一次遇到了在老板家做家政的英子，并对她一见钟情。但当时昌秀正在服兵役，而英子因为顶撞了老板的儿子被赶了出来，和春子姐姐学习裁缝。因为收入微薄，英子也四处打工，还做过公车乘务员。但不幸接踵而来，在一次事故中，英子失去了脚。万念俱灰的她试图自杀。九死一生后，英子沦落为妓女。昌秀对英子伸出了援手，并和这个苦命的女子结婚。英子迎来了人生的全盛时代……

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.