民初，某城镇龙山集上， 一群土豪各占地盘，当中以龙爷势力最庞大。龙爷手段狠辣，某夜，将一侦缉队长用乱棍打死，遗下孤女叶凤，凤誓为父报仇。混乱中，有一流氓健，其不惧势力，常与当地黑社会作敌。一日，凤之未婚夫范明抵达龙山集，奉命侦缉龙爷。惜事为龙爷手下查悉而暗藏杀机。一偶然时机，健与明不期而遇，遂为好友。龙爷命手下杀明，将其打至重伤后掉下深海。其更加害凤，幸健赶往救出，带往妓院交与胭脂红照顾。龙爷见计得逞，命雷虎召妓狂欢，凤得此消息，便跟至.酒醉之际，凤抽出利刀，企图行刺龙爷，不慎失手被击晕，胭脂红睹状，亦执刀援手，终亦丧生。健回妓院，获知一切后只身深入虎穴，将众恶霸一一除掉，自己亦负伤倒地。此时，范明率众员警而至，可惜来迟一步，知己早已牺牲……

Byeong-tae (Yoon Mun-seob), a philosophy major at Y University, goes to a group blind date and meets Young-ja (Lee Young-ok), who studies French literature at H University. The young men and women of the 1970s, who have grown up under the influence of a rapid influx of Western culture, agonize over college issues, family conflicts, and their future paths in life. But such struggles are self-derisive, and they can see no tomorrow waiting for them. Between Byeong-tae and Young-ja, there is no promise of love, of any kind. They simply meet, and exchange meaningless conversation. Meanwhile, Yeong-cheol (Ha Jae-young), who always rides a bike and declares every time he drinks that he will set off in search of a whale, has feelings for another girl he met on the blind date, named Sun-ja (Kim Young-suk). But Sun-ja rejects Yeong-cheol, who stammers, has no prospects, and was even turned down for military duty due to health reasons, and he falls into despair. With nothing to look forward to, Byeong-tae and Yeong-cheol head to the sea. Yeong-cheol, who boasted that he would catch a beautiful whale in the East Sea, commits suicide, and Byeong-tae enlists with the military. Young-ja comes to see him off, even though she said she wouldn't see him any more, and the two of them kiss through the open window of the train that will carry Byeong-tae away.

倾覆沉没的钻井平台，顺流直冲的运油车头，直坠入海的满载客机。交通海上应急反应特勤队队长高谦（彭于晏 饰）、机长方宇凌（辛芷蕾 饰）和绞车手赵呈（王彦霖 饰）一次次带领队伍第一时间抵达，站在水火咆哮的最前面，守在危急撤离的最后面，用生命对抗天灾人祸。但在自然面前，特勤员毕竟没有超能力，血肉之躯踩在死亡边缘，真实的恐惧无数次让这些斗士颤抖、无助和气馁。而海上救援的字典里没有“退缩”。当你听见旋翼的轰鸣、洪亮的汽笛、马达的飞驰，那是他们无惧艰难险阻，舍己为人，谱写的一曲英雄之歌。

中国女排正积极训练准备参加粉碎“四人帮”后第一个国际锦标赛。队医韩医生（卢君 饰）告诉主力队员沙鸥(常珊珊 饰)，她腰部严重劳损，需要尽快休养，因此她未列入出国名单。沙鸥执意要参加出国比赛训练，母亲(江韵辉 饰)为了她的健康也劝她离队，同在国家登山队队员的未婚夫沈大威（郭碧川 饰）却支持她，她战胜伤痛坚持训练，终于获准出国参赛。沙鸥在比赛中获得银牌，在归国的轮船上沙鸥痛心的将银牌丢进了大海。不久，沈大威在攀登珠穆拉玛峰时遇雪崩遇难，事业和失去亲人双重打击，使沙鸥陷入极大的痛苦中。她慢慢的重新振作起来，担任了女排教练。数年后她培养的女排姑娘们战胜了日本女排。此时已瘫痪坐在医院轮椅上的沙鸥在电视上观看比赛......