Emmanuelle la Française, bourgeoise catholique, est mariée, elle a un enfant, puis deux, puis trois, elle fait une dépression nerveuse, son mari refuse tout moyen contraceptif, au quatrième enfant elle décide de faire chambre à part, bien qu'elle l'aime...
Gerda, l'Allemande est délaissée par son mari, cadre supérieur trop occupé par ses affaires, elle le quitte pour vivre avec un amant, mais elle a sa meilleure amie pour rivale, elle décide de retourner auprès de son mari qui l'attend car il l'aime...
Le propriétaire d'une galerie d'art engage un détective privé afin qu'il enquête discrètement sur ses deux employées qu'il soupçonne de le voler. Le détective découvre rapidement que les deux jeunes femmes mènent une double vie, l'une et l'autre arpentant le trottoir de la rue Saint-Denis dès le soir venu.
Bun-nyeo, a girl in a mountain village loses her virginity to Myong-jun, the village vagabond. After both of her suitors die before they can wed Bun-nyeo, she moves to the city to work in a factory. Myong-jun persuades her to return to the village, but he is arrested for murder. As the film ends, Bun-nyeo is waiting for Myong-jun's release.
Aema and her husband, from Madame Aema (1982) have now divorced. While on vacation on Jeju Island, Aema contemplates her current love affairs, and returning to her husband, who is now living with another woman. Resolving to become independent, Aema declares that love and marriage are separate things.
Aema is married to a Professor Noh in this entry in the Aema Buin series. Professor Noh has become obsessed with sex through his research and wild experiences abroad. Consequently he is dissatisfied with Aema. Aema has an affair with a professional wrestler who resembles her first boyfriend, then seeks forgiveness from her husband. When their reconciliation proves a failure, Aema wanders the streets in despair.
A farmer in a community near Jirisan falls in love with and marries an itinerant performer. She plans to betray him by robbing him and leaving with her old boyfriend, another itinerant performer, when he comes to the village. Eventually she realizes she loves the farmer and stays with him.