黑蓝马与白金龙均是私家侦探，二人家族是世仇，代代相争。富商严西聪家传之宝夜明珠被盗，贼人署名曾灶财，但无人得知曾灶财是何方神圣。黑、白二人接手此案，并决定以破案先后分出胜负，解决家族纷争。同时警方亦派出两名侦探调查此案，一场连环大斗法随即展开。

Pansori（朝鲜清唱）西便制歌者俞本（金明坤 饰）带着养女松华（Oh Jung-hae 吴贞海 饰）流浪荒野山村，与一寡母坠入爱河。为避他人口舌，俞本带着爱人、松华以及爱人的儿子东浩（Kim Kyu-chul 金古初 饰）远走他乡。　　颠沛流离的生活让寡母过早离开人世，俞本则将一腔心血投在一双儿女身上，立志将他们培养成出色的清唱歌手。受外来文化冲击，清唱这门艺术逐渐被世人所轻视。东浩无法忍受穷苦漂泊的生活，某日不辞而别。俞本则将养女的双眼毒瞎，渴望她专心技艺。　　多年后俞本去世，松华漂泊他乡，东浩则遵循姐姐的足迹，寻找生命中业已失去的快乐与幸福……

Min Ji-suk runs a ticket barwhere customers can purchase tickets for certain servicesin the town of Sokcho in Gangwon-do. She hires Miss Yang (Ahn So-young), Miss Hong (Lee Hye-young), and Se-young (Jeon Se-young) through the employment agency. Miss Yang and Miss Hong, who are well experienced in this type of business, are used to accepting propositions from customers. But Se-young, who is dating a college student named Min-su, rejects all requests for sexual favors. When Min-su professes to having problems with his tuition and finances, Se-young reassures him that she will procure the necessary funds for him. When the bar's clientele begins to dwindle because of Se-young, Ji-suk reprimands her severely. Se-young develops a close relationship with a Captain Pak and even allows him to sleep with her. She asks Captain Pak to find Min-su employment on a boat, but when Min-su comes to Sokcho for his new job, he sees how Se-young has been making her living. Shocked, he turns his back on the job and leaves. When he eventually returns to Sokcho, he scathingly denounces Se-young's morality and severs their relationship. Decades ago, Ji-suk had stumbled into the bar business in a desperate effort to support her husband, who was serving time in prison; she later left him voluntarily out of shame and moral degradation. Concerned that Se-young will end up with the same fate, Ji-suk asks Min-su to meet with her. She begs him not to abandon Se-young, but he flatly refuses. Ji-suk reacts by pushing Min-su into the sea, and suffers a mental breakdown that lands her in a psychiatric institution.

20世纪30年代，朝鲜沦陷，国内各方势力犬牙交错，一片混乱。汉城的钟路区被视为汉城的心脏地带，这里同时也是日本和朝鲜黑帮斗争最为激烈的地方。朝鲜黑帮方面，钟路商圈的高熙庆，他掌握了钟路商圈游兴街（同日本繁华街）的地盘，被视为朝鲜黑帮的霸主，他同严东旭以及绰号“番人”的金斗汉（朴相民 饰）共同瓜分钟路商圈。　　自幼在孤儿院长大的金斗汉是朝鲜著名抗日英雄金佐镇的儿子，这个身份和拼命三郎般的果敢让他逐渐成为一呼百应的人物……　　韩国国宝级大导演林权泽执导的“将军之子三部曲”第一部，根据真实历史人物改编。