Dongsimcho

Lee Sukhui Choe Eunhui lost her husband to the Korean War eight years ago She runs a dressmaking shop that has fallen into debt When Kim Sanggyu Kim Jingyu the executive director of a publishing company helps her pay off debts she falls in love with him He however is engaged to the daughter of his boss Okju Do Geumbong His sister Ju Jeungnyeo pushes him to marry the bosss daughter hoping that will bring him rapid success Meanwhile Sukhuis grownup daughter Gyeonghui wanting her mother to be happy urges her mother to marry Sanggyu but Sukhui vacillates between social mores and her own happiness Even though she and Sanggyu truly love each other she decides to leave him and heads for her country home after selling her house in Seoul Hearing the news he who is ill in bed hurries to Seoul station but it is too late All he can do is just to stand on the platform and to watch her train pulling away