Break Through

7.0

At the end of the Heian period (794–1185) in Japan, a Japanese aristocrat was unfortunate enough to fall into the sea during the Battle of the Altar, and drifted to Bai Hudang, a small village in the Southern Song…

A New Oath

Three men who have been taken to the compulsory labour under the Japanese colonialism turn back to their hometown, a fishing village. They break the injustice and corrupt customs and rebuild the devastated village…

Maria no Oyuki

6.0

When a civil war threatens to break out between Government forces and Saigo Rebels, two geishas flee from their village with aristocrats. During the long journey, the socially inferior women prove to be morally superior…

The Patriot's Son

Tae Yeong, the son of an independence fighter, leads a poor life with his widowed mother. He is strong, intelligent and takes good care of his mother. When other village kids tease him about his poverty, he consoles…

Sarung Banggi

Nanding is a fisherman/farmer who also happens to possess a fine singing voice. Never without his guitar either he's singing in church with the local choir or at the village store owned by Kapitan Bestre. Bestre's…

Nakdong River

After graduating from university, Il Ryung goes back to his hometown, a small village beside the Nakdong River. Ok Nam is his lover and a teacher in his hometown. He cooperates with her in order to enlighten the people…

The Ditch

7.4

Toku, a factory worker gives food to a starving woman, Tsuru, who then follows him home. He shares a shack in a shanty village in Kawasaki with his friend Pin-chan. The two men try to get rid of her but then let her…

Box of Death

Park Chi-sam, a partisan who broke into South Korea as a Red Duke, infiltrates a village under the guise of his identity as a veteran. In the Korean War, she visits her old mother and sister Kim Jeong-hee, who received…

New Year Sacrifice

6.0

The tragedy of a Chinese peasant woman who loses her two husbands and a young son. She is thereafter ostracized by her fellow country folks for being a jinx. In the early years of the 20th century, in a mountain village,…

Taro Hiwa

At the end of the Warring States period, Taro Hiwa, who lived in Dainichi in the Kii Mountains, lived in peace with his father. Taro was often deceived by the merchants in the village. Each time he was covered by the…