在圣诞节那天，小伊万救了一只小鹿。一只神秘的山猫引领他到一个茅屋，里面住着一位衣衫褴褛的老奶奶，然而他并不知道这位老奶奶其实是一位仙婆。仙婆将一幅东方美女的画送给了小伊万，因为他的善良。一晃眼数年过去，小伊万成长为了英俊的青年。有一天，当他凝视着画上的美女时，奇迹发生了，画中的美女突然活了起来，并走出了画框。这位美女自称为小琴，并向小伊万讲述了她悲惨的遭遇。原来，小琴是来自中国江南水乡的女子，她精通琴棋书画和女红织绣，并且容貌如仙女一般美丽。然而，富有权势的安元霸强行要娶小琴为妾。为了纪念这段离别，小琴让她的弟弟王伦为她画下了一幅肖像留念。安元霸抓走小琴进宫，但小琴却陷入了沉默，毫无表情。安元霸请来道士给小琴治病，道士说宫中的那个人只是小琴的肉身，她的灵魂存在于一幅画中。

Born in Dongduchon, Chil-su is talented in art. While waiting for a wedding invitation from his sister in America, Chil-su quits his job painting theater signs which is his livelihood. He becomes Man-su's assistant. Man-su is in the army serving his military duty. He suffers under the dark shadow of his father. Chil-su gets dumped by Ji-na, a college student, and he loses all contacts with his sister. Understandably, Chil-su feels a little shaken. On the other hand, Man-su is unable to find stability. One night after they finished a large billboard, the two rave around the tower goofing around. However, the police are deployed when they misunderstand and think that they are trying to kill themselves. Through their misunderstanding, Man-su ultimately falls and injures himself while Chul-su is led away by the police.

阿姆（金城武 饰）和小文（郝邵文 饰）在夏威夷生活，小文每日在阳光沙滩上优游的与白人女童游戏，阿姆则要担负生活压力，为了保住自己的摊位，雇佣壮汉把自己打造成功夫高手来吓退流氓。释小龙（释小龙 饰）和释小燕（叶全真 饰）师姐弟分别修行功夫和特异功能，如今二人通过考验，受国家委派前往夏威夷参加世界武术大赛。小龙、小燕偶然从流氓手中救下阿姆，小文很快与小龙成为朋友，阿姆则对小燕一见钟情。被打的流氓引来犯罪集团将小龙绑架，原来小龙与小燕此行表面是参加比武，实际上是为了争夺中苏共同拥有的核武器启动装置。小燕为了救回小龙和犯罪集团作战，而他们的领队却心怀鬼胎……

故事讲述一位足球明星意外被车撞死，他拒绝往天堂报到，误会澄清后，他得以借尸还魂，暂时附魂在一名被妻子和奸夫谋杀的百万富翁身上重生，引出笑话重重。最后，命运又安排他投胎成为另一位足球明星。