Park So-yoon

1970'lerde Güney Kore, hükümet üzerinde üstünlüğü olan olan KCIA adlı örgütü kontrol eden Başkan Park'ın mutlak kontrolü altındadır. KCIA'nın direktörü Kim Gyu-pyeong, neredeyse ikinci komutandır, ancak Başkanın güvenlik şefiyle rekabetle karşı karşıyadır. Bir korku saltanatının ortasında, hükümetin karanlık ve yasadışı operasyonları hakkında her şeyi bilen eski bir KCIA direktörü Park Yong-gak sürgüne gider ve ABD Kongresi'nin önünde tanıklık ederek soruşturmanın kapılarını açar.

Sang-sook is a competent politician who captivates the public with all kinds of nice words. One day, Sang-sook visits her grandmother who lives in the isolated house. But when she returns home, she finds out that she is not able to lie anymore.

Hyo-jeong, a 69-year-old woman, is raped—but few people, including the police, are willing to believe what she says.

Young-mi, the bookkeeper at a factory, is ridiculed for her dowdy appearance and called ‘Ms. Apocalypse’ by her colleagues. Do-young, a delivery driver, is the only one to show her any decency and kindness. As her feelings for him grow, Young-mi strives to get him off the hook even when she finds out that Do-young has been embezzling company money. It becomes the last day of 1999, and in the midst of people's fear that the world will come to an end, Young-mi gets arrested for aiding Do-young's crime. And thus, her new millennium starts wretchedly. As she walks out of prison after a few months, she comes across Do-young’s wife, Yu-jin, waiting for her and this unexpected visitor makes an implausible but compelling offer.

After a few months of social adjustment training, the North Korean refugee Jina moves to a small studio in Seoul and starts her new life. To bring her father to South Korea, she needs money but no matter how hard she works, the discrimination doesn’t let her save enough money.

Chang-woo, a senior at a vocational high school, wants to be recognized by his mother as a good son. He starts field training at a subcontractor for a large company, hoping to solve the problems of getting into college or finding decent employment. While learning about work and human relations from his senior workers, Chang-woo finds himself siding with the non-contract staff, and fails to get into college, secure a job, or deal with the problem of his military service. However, Chang-woo eventually finds a job that he likes and develops a sense of pride in his work. He moves out of his mother’s home in search of a new life.

Na Kyung-soo, a diver, is angered to learn that the Coast Guard is assigning responsibility for the death of a fellow diver during the Sewol ferry disaster recovery to Ryu Chang-dae, the representative of civilian divers, and charging him with manslaughter.

When a judicial apprentice goes behind bars while on an undercover job, he plays the hand he’s dealt to survive prison and get his payback.