HWANG Jin-ie (JANG Mihee) hears about the suicide of the leather shoemaker (AHN Seong-ki), who had a crush on her on the eve of her wedding. Broken up her engagement for pacifying the deceased’s soul, HWANG Jin-ie enters the path of a courtesan. HWANG Jin-ie, under the name Myeongwol, is loved by BYUK Gyesu (SHIN Il-ryong) and meets with Lee Saeng (JEON Moosong), but eventually she gets off on her way to Namsadangpae, a traveling troupe. Hwang Jin-ie (1986) is the story that director BAE Chang-ho wanted to release after a series of box office hits and positive reviews from Whale Hunting (1984) and Deep Blue Night (1985). Although the box office failed, Director BAE Chang-ho tried to interpret HWANG Jin-ie as a soloist who took her own way out of the world, leaning on the restrained image of DP JUNG Il-sung. (JEONG Jihye)