Violent father Moo-jin, whose family is everything. Mother So-yeon left because she couldn't stand the violence. Hoon, who loves both his father and mother, is forced to make a choice and leaves, but eventually remains alone and enters his world.
Ahn Ji-ho
Hoon
Ahn Nae-sang
Mu-jin
Yun Yoo-sun
So-yeon
Uhm Ji-sung
Byeong-tae
No Tae-yeob
Gi-cheol
Shin Se-hwi
Yeon-hee
Kim Joong-ki
Teacher
Gu Bon-jin
Math
Park Eun-young
Byeong-tae's mother
Violent father Moo-jin, whose family is everything. Mother So-yeon left because she couldn't stand the violence. Hoon, who loves both his father and mother, is forced to make a choice and leaves, but eventually remains alone and enters his world.
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.
A man reflects on the lost love of his youth and his long-ago journey from Taiwan to America as he begins to reconnect with his estranged daughter.
A young woman's happy life with her father takes a downward turn when she begins to suspect that he's a kidnapper.
A former alcoholic returns home after ten years in prison for the murder of her husband. As her recollection of the murder returns, things take a different turn.
A woman embarks on a journey alone across the United States after fleeing from her violent husband.
In New York City, a young girl is caught in the middle of her parents' bitter custody battle.
Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.
Jo, the mother of seven children, divorces her second husband in order to marry Jake, a successful but promiscuous screenwriter. Though they are physically and emotionally compatible, they are slowly torn apart.
A young girl is raised in a dysfunctional family constantly on the run from the FBI. Living in poverty, she comes of age guided by her drunkard, ingenious father who distracts her with magical stories to keep her mind off the family's dire state, and her selfish, nonconformist mother who has no intention of raising a family, along with her younger brother and sister, and her other older sister. Together, they fend for each other as they mature in an unorthodox journey that is their family life.
A man living in the towering shadow of his aging father finds it difficult to start a new chapter in his life by marrying his girlfriend and moving to California.