清朝乱世，草莽中人张汶祥（姜大卫）、黄纵（陈观泰）与马新贻（狄龙）不打不相识，结拜为异姓兄弟，马新贻被推为大哥，张汶祥做了三弟。马新贻的勃勃野心引来黄纵妻子米兰（井莉）的爱慕眼光，但因力求上进的雄心和道德观念的约束，马新贻没接受米兰的爱，到升任两江总督后，马新贻变得为达目的不择手段，并在道德和感情防线彻底崩溃的情形下占有了米兰，同时设计杀害了粗豪鲁莽一心向他的黄纵。张汶祥查出二哥的真实死因后，一改平日的跳脱灵动，郑重地约为女人舍弃好兄弟的马新贻出来清账。

人犯宋泽在潜逃途中又杀害了一名武装警察，劫枪窜回某海滨城市。公安干警何磊奉命去抓捕宋。狡猾凶残的宋连连作案，女友李晓华规劝他投案自首。宋拒绝后，李仍为他购买车票，帮他潜逃。何磊找到了李晓华，在何的苦心劝告下，李说出了宋的去向。何磊率公安干警乘直升飞机追上宋所乘坐的开往 北京的83次列车，并在列车长的协助下登上了正在行驶的列车……

在空寂无人的郊外，清澄明澈的河边伫立着一个废弃良久的老磨坊。人类的足迹早已从此消失，如今这里变成了动物们栖息繁衍的欢乐所在。鸟儿在此筑巢，小老鼠们欢快地跑来跑去，更有无数蝙蝠倒挂在磨坊的顶层，期待夜晚的来临。夜幕降临，荷花敛去洁净的花容，青蛙、蟋蟀、猫头鹰、萤火虫这些活跃于夜晚的小生命又在老磨坊前演奏起夜之安魂曲。正在此时，习习凉风转变为强劲的狂风，乌云遮蔽了月亮的光辉，愤怒的闪电在空中聒噪，灾难一般的暴风雨随即而至。它猛烈抽打着这座摇摇欲坠的老磨坊，栖息于此的小动物们也共同经历着暴风雨的洗礼……本片为1938年奥斯卡电影节最佳动画短片。

Charged with leading demonstrations for the democratization movement, student activist Kim Gi-young (Moon Sung-keun) is a fugitive from the law. He sneaks into a mining village on the verge of being shut down, with a fake ID in hand. Feeling frustrated with the current state of activism, which centers around the intelligentsia, he gets a job as a man-of-all-work at a coal factory and meets the motley inhabitants of the mining village. Dae-sik (Yang Jin-yeong) works to support his family in place of his father, who is in prison for instigating a strike. Detective Kang (Lee Su-chan) always keeps a sharp eye on everything that goes on in the village. Then there are strike organizer Cheon Do-seong (Kang Neung-won), fellow worker Jeong (Hwang Hae), Taek's mother (Kim Kyung-ran), and Sun's mother (Jo Ju-mi). Sung-cheol (Park Joong-hoon), whose father is a local bigshot and the owner of the coal factory, lords it over the neighborhood bars and cafes. Angry at his father (Park Kyu-chae) for leaving his mother and marrying another woman, Sung-cheol vents his resentment on the cafe girls and factory workers. Meanwhile, Young-sook (Shim Hye-jin), who works as a prostitute at the local cafe, is becoming fed up with Sung-cheol's violent and demeaning treatment of her. When she meets Gi-young, who is reserved but warm, she begins to have feelings for him and stops selling sexual favors. As the impending miners' strike darkens the horizon, Gi-young and Young-sook fall in love and enjoy each other's company. Then one day, Sung-cheol receives news of his mother's death and wreaks havoc at the cafe. When Young-sook refuses to satisfy his demands, he starts to beat her up. Gi-young tries to stop him, but his intervention brings him to the attention of Detective Kang and he is hauled off to the police station. Gi-young undergoes torture at the hands of the police, but he is eventually cleared of all charges and released. When he finally comes to through Young-sook's devoted care, he tells her that he is a wanted fugitive. His identity is soon exposed and he is forced to run once more. Young-sook decides to leave the village with him, and heads to the cafefor her things. While making her last coffee delivery, Young-sook runs into Sung-cheol, who tries to stop her from leaving. She ends up killing him, and is dragged off by the police as Gi-young waits for her at the train station.