The Pitiful People

A screen adaptation of Han Sorya's novel 'Jackals', which tells the story of a Korean boy killed by American missionaries.

A work that explores the relationship between relatives and touches on the delicate topic of incest. Based on a true story of a wealthy family in North Gyeongsang Province.

To resolve the conflict between the Korean and Manchu border villages, the Korean protagonist sets fire to the Korean village and forces the Koreans and Manchus to put out the fire together.

Jang-hwa and Hong-ryeon die an unfortunate death from their stepmother's abuse. Jang-hwa's soul is unable to rest at peace and she appears in front of the district magistrate pleading for justice in her case.

The heroine loses the property documents left by her father. A street bum picks up these papers. Two men, in love with the heroine, arrange a scuffle over these documents, during which they fall from a cliff and die.

A seriously ill girl decided to take part in a running competition. The newspaper announced that the winner would receive a large cash prize. And the girl was determined to win a prize for her family by all means.

The film concerns a student, Ch'oe Yeongjin, who has become mentally ill after being imprisoned and tortured by the Japanese for his involvement in the March 1, 1919 protest against the Japanese colonial rule.

A touching story about how, after a quarrel, the wife leaves home, and the husband is sad, watching the fish in the aquarium.

The story of the miners who dealt with the cruel master of the quarry.

Sang-eun comes to Seoul with land papers to raise money for a business. Two malefactors, trying to steal these documents, fight among themselves.

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

A young maid (played by actress Ye-bong Moon) fell in love with a boy from a noble family. Naturally, his parents oppose such a union.

Na Woon-gyu plays the role of Nicolai Park, a veteran of the Russian army, who has returned to Korea from European battlefields. Broke, hungry, and unable to find employment, he is taken in as a boarder by Kim Chang-ho. Chang-ho's friend, Cha-duk becomes romantically involved with Hae-ok, who had sold herself to support her parents. Cha-duk's wife, Yeong-ja becomes involved with Nicolai, who rejects her proposal to run away with him. The romantic complications spiral until Yeong-ja kills Cha-duk. The film ends with Nicolai departing for destinations unknown while the other boarders bid him farewell.