So Brightly in the Dark

When his boss Dae-Jung goes missing, the company sends young Woo-zoo to Osaka to finish Dae-Jung's work. On the last day before returning home, Woo-zoo comes across someone looking like his missing boss and chases him all the way to a small bar, Pier 34. Listening to music there, Woo-zoo falls asleep and misses his flight back to Korea. When he wakes up he decides to quit his job and stay at the bar till he finds Dae-Jung. He soon meets a young girl and, since he plays the guitar, helps her prepare to perform. He remembers the joy of music and a dream long forgotten. A metaphorical story about accepting loss, feeling lost and seeking a path in life.

Unrequited emotion, madness, loss, and sacrifice all play a role in this harrowing story of a love triangle.

Two brothers work in their invalid father's repair garage. Johnny is the quiet, reliable one while Ted is younger and wilder. The brothers feud over Lucky, a beautiful band singer. Then their life is complicated: first by a police search for the unknown killer of a man in a dance hall fight, and then by a bookie pressuring Ted to pay his gambling debts.

Soni Rai lives a wealthy lifestyle in India with her businessman dad, Kedarnath and mom, Geeta, and longs for a brother, who she can tie a Raakhi on. She meets with the lollipop seller, Ramu, a street urchin, decides to make him her brother, and invites him to her house on Raksabandhan. When a delighted Ramu arrives there with a gift for Soni, this angers Kedarnath, and he has his servant remove Ramu from the premise. Shortly thereafter, Soni is abducted and held for a ransom of one Lakh rupees. Kedarnath, together with the Police, to go deliver the money, but are unable to meet with anyone. The kidnappers contact Kedarnath, admonish him for involving the Police, ask him to re-deliver the money, which Kedarnath agrees to do so. The money is delivered, but Soni is not released, and an additional demand is made for two Lakh rupees. The question remains, will the abductors ever release Soni alive, and who is behind this kidnapping?