Ka-chi who spent a miserable childhood starts out looking for Eom-ji, who used to be at the orphanage with Ka-chi and was adopted by rich parents. When he finds Eom-ji, he hesitates to approach her for she became a member of high class society.

Hye-sung grew up poor but he has a gifted talent for baseball. Eom-ji has watched over him since they were young. Hye-sung falls in love with Eom-ji but when she transfers to another school, they don't see each other for years. Hye-sung and Eom-ji meet again at a baseball field but Um-ji is now the girlfriend of the exceptional hitter of high school, Ma Dong-tak. Hye-sung competes endlessly with Dong-tak over Eom-ji. But he ends up with a serious shoulder injury and gives up baseball. Then Manager Sohn Byung-ho gathers up dismissed baseball players and forms a team. Manager Sohn puts his team through extreme training and Hye-sung returns to the baseball world. He competes once more with Dong-tak, who is by Eom-ji's side.

Kim Hyun-pil, an orphan, gets caught for picking pockets. At the police station, he causes trouble for the police. Detective Koh, takes sympathy on Hyun-pil's situation and takes him home to raise him as his own. Hyun-pil grows into a fine young man under the Koh's care, and despite resentment and scorn of Koh's son Mook, Hyun-pil is nurtured by love from Yeon-ji, Mook's sister. But even as adults, the discord between Mook and himself forces Hyun-pil to leave their home...

Actor Choi Jong-won is late to a movie shoot. He bemoans the state of the national economy when he sees a young man riding a fancy sports car.

Seol Hee-ju, the eldest daughter-in-law of the chairman of the Pluto Group and wife of Ko Bong-sik, president of Pluto Motors, is found dead with a stab wound to the chest.

International drug ring Madame Q and its action team members Kang-min and Cheol-ho travel to Hong Kong to deal methamphetamine with the Hong Kong Mister Y gang, but they sense a trap and shoot them indiscriminately.

When a book containing Hong Gil-dong's magic was stolen from the museum, a boy and his friend will see Hong Gil-dong and Terminator of the past.

A man laboring at a swanky restaurant works himself to the bone to ensure his son can afford to study law and become a prosecutor. He feels it gives his own life value, even if it comes at the cost of hurting his son.

Yu Jin is a member of a gang in Itaewon district. He will do anything for money, even take a knife. The only person he cares about is his half brother Dol Ee. Shany and Geum Ja are dancers in clubs in Itaewon. They will sleep with anyone, even foreigners, for money. Shany and Geum Ja only have each other to lean on. Nam Ok and Jang Sook have their own fantasies about America and are obsessed by the American dream. Jang Po is an Itaewon mob boss who cruelly extorts money from the young people of Itaewon. These people fight each other with tragic consequences. Under the Itaewon sky, their suffering and tragic love continue.