The Hero Returns

1992 Korean film based on the 1991 disappearance

A beautiful Chinese woman visits a quiet rural village. She will get married to Gil-soo, a divorced man she met at the church. Her outstanding appearance and impeccable charms make Gil-soo rather uneasy, and suspicions that her Chinese wife will have something that is going to snowball. It leads to an uncontrollable obsession. The only thing allowed to Ran-ran, who was deprived of her passport, who started saying he couldn't communicate, was the freedom to cook after receiving ingredients from Eon-tae, her brother-in-law who farms the field. Her brother-in-law, who had suffered from his brother's domineering for a long time, falls into the exotic charms of Ran-ran and rapidly approaches.

Beom Soo, a sophomore in college, is from a wealthy family. He believes marriage is the holiest institution in the world. He is mistaken as a pervert on the subway one day and is publicly humiliated by Paeng Yeong Mi. He later finds out that she is his blind date. The two end up getting married but reality is harsh for these two newlyweds. Meanwhile, Beom Soo's friend, Casanova Kim searches for true love.

Hae-il grew up hating his father and unable to adjust to family life. As an adult, he is a toughened young man with a troubled outlook on life. Hae-sung, his younger half-brother is a young man with a sweet disposition who tries to understand Hae-il. Hae-sung and Eun-chae fall for each other but when Eun-chae meets Hae-il, the three form an uneasy love triangle. The pain of loving someone you can not be with takes its toll. Hae-il tries very hard to leave the street life and expresses his feelings to Eun-chae. As Hae-sung begins to resent his brothers actions, they are confronted with their father's death. Their dying father's confession throws their lives into further turmoil. Hae-il vows this time to guard his family. Tragedy strikes when Hae-sung dies trying to save Hae-il's life. Hae-il cries for his dead brother's love and becomes determined to start over with Eun-chae.

Jun-hyoung is a training teacher who meets Hye-na, a very outgoing student. She always acts freely with out any restriction. As time as goes by, she slowly starts to interfere in his life. Sun-shul, who is very lonely, loves Hye-na. Jun-hyoung feels that it's hard to put up with Hye-na, but his mentor insists and tells him to take care of her. Jun-hyoung does not understand and feels as though this situation in unfair for him. Soon after, he finds out Hye-na's secret...

Yoon Hye-ri is abducted by human traffickers while meeting her husband, and Oh In-ae is also kidnapped in Itaewon and her innocence is violated. The two people, who are sold to the provinces, try to escape but fail, and the husband gives up his job and looks for a wife. Then, he meets Oh In-ae and finally rescues his wife with the united power of prostitutes, an alienated group, and vows to live while stroking the deep wounds that a sick society has given to his wife.

Three highschool girls try to get money from their parents to help pay the hospital bills for a friend. They come up with a scheme where one of them pretends to be kidnapped in order to receive the ransom money. However, the plan is revealed and two of the girls are taken into police custody. When released, one of the girls jumps from the roof of the school out of shame and to call attention to the plight of their friend.