Dong-gyu, who resides in Gimcheon, travels to Seoul to show his mother's Itaewon house to potential renters. There, he meets Shinji, a Japanese national reportedly involved in human rights activism in Korea. During their second meeting at the house, Dong-gyu discovers that Shinji is staying in the country illegally. Even after returning to Gimcheon, Dong-gyu is unable to shake his concern for Shinji and proposes they meet again in Itaewon, specifically on Halloween night.
Dong-gyu, who resides in Gimcheon, travels to Seoul to show his mother's Itaewon house to potential renters. There, he meets Shinji, a Japanese national reportedly involved in human rights activism in Korea. During their second meeting at the house, Dong-gyu discovers that Shinji is staying in the country illegally. Even after returning to Gimcheon, Dong-gyu is unable to shake his concern for Shinji and proposes they meet again in Itaewon, specifically on Halloween night.
Cheon-ji's unexpected suicide causes her mother Hyeon-sook and older sister Man-ji to be moved into another apartment. Tracking down clues from school, Man-ji discovers that Cheon-ji's best friend Hwa-yeon is behind everything.
She has never lived in a high-rise apartment, and she wonders how her sister can live at this height every day. A few days ago she kind of burst in to stay with her sister, and she is now becoming re-accustomed to life in Korea. While seeming to keep a grave secret to herself, she manages life one day at a time with a sense of mindfulness. Meanwhile a certain director, some years younger than her, has asked her to join his project, and after a polite refusal, they have agreed to meet for the first time today. Downtown Seoul is filled with narrow alleys that harbor tiny old bars, and that's where they meet. As they are getting drunk, there is sudden rainfall and thunder.
Soo Yeon decides to commit suicide to end the bullying she goes through at school, when a savior appears. A woman punishes the bullies on behalf of Soo Yeon and saves her from the reality of hell.
Dreaming of making a way station for his sister and the villagers who have no choice but to commute along the dangerous train tracks every day, Joon-kyung sends many letters to the President, but with no reply. Ra-hee, who has a crush on Joon-kyung, does everything she can to help him meet the President.
An aimless young man who is scalping tickets, gambling and drinking, agrees to coach a Little League team from the Cabrini Green housing project in Chicago as a condition of getting a loan from a friend.
A jazz musician seeks refuge from a lynch mob on a remote island, where he meets a hostile game warden and the young object of his attentions.
Tae-sik gets out of a prison after spending 10 years for killing a man and wishes nothing but an ordinary life. A local lady welcomes him into her household like a son and he gets a second chance in life. His former gang tries to destroy his new home in order to build a night club but he won’t let them destroy his new family.
The relationship of a couple who meet by chance in New York City is put to the test when they encounter a life or death circumstance.
A man struggles with the tragic memories of his past to make sense of his present, but soon realizes that time isn't the enemy he thinks it is.
An optimistic, talented teen clings to a huge secret: she's homeless and living on a school bus. When tragedy strikes, can she learn to accept a helping hand?