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.

宁静祥和的中国南方乡下小村庄，唐凌（沃尔特·休斯顿 Walter Huston饰）与家人一起幸福而忙碌的生活着。他的两个大儿子已经娶妻生子，最小的儿子（赫德·哈特菲尔德 Hurd Hatfield饰）仍怀揣着一腔热血。二儿子的妻子小玉（凯瑟琳·赫本 Katharine Hepburn饰）是一位拥有反抗精神的妇女，通过阅读书籍，她得到了先进的知识和进步的思想。然而这一切都被日军的侵华战争打破了，他们的生活发生了翻天覆地的变化。面对破败的家园，年轻勇敢的女民兵小玉，带领村民与侵略者展开了英勇的斗争。由美国米高梅公司出品，根据在中国长大的美国作家赛珍珠同名小说改编而成的影片《龙种》，荣获1945年第17届奥斯卡金像奖最佳女配角提名，最佳摄影（黑白）提名。这部讲述中国人抗日故事的影片，由好莱坞影星出演中国农民，让全世界看到中国人在反法西斯战争中的英勇斗争。

1996年，香港警方预备在回归前夕涤荡黑帮势力，营造法制环境，戴先生掌控的社团首当其冲在打击范围之内。是夜，戴先生社团五大堂主之一的占米被人暗杀，身中两枪生死未卜，占米之妻张桦（蔡少芬 饰）远在台湾，授意保镖伍宝（余文乐 饰）代理老大一职调剂各方关系，阻止老二黑水（杜汶泽 饰）向其他四位堂主寻仇，咖啡（黄贯中 饰）、木星、沙纸三位堂主闻风而动，在乱局中各有盘算。真实身份是警方卧底的伍宝当夜宿醉难耐，又要在短短几小时内周旋于社团、黑水与警方之间，暗恋伍宝的亚玲（江若琳 饰）跟随相助，但社团混战随时可能爆发。另一方面，掌握了真凶的警方暗中布置，趁机派出内应把事件复杂化以便将社团一网打尽……

该剧讲述幼时被母亲抛弃的小野浩史通过与各种女性的相遇，在时有冲突时而逃避中逐渐重拾笑容的故事。