描述朝鲜战争后南韩妇女的地位。对争取独立,选择外出工作的女性似带有怀疑态度。A college professor’s wife OH Sun-young discovers a new world since she started working at a boutique. She begins to enjoy wearing dresses that accentuate her features, achieve high sales profits, and dances in the arms of men other than her husband. However, the story takes a turn when she is caught in the hotel with the owner of the boutique who has been seducing her. Madame Freedom was already a famous story since the novelist JUNG Bee-suk wrote the series in The Seoul Shinmun. Despite the controversy on the moral issues between the writer and the critics, the book was published and produced as a play by the theater group Shinhyup. The film also set a new box office record of 130,000 and its success brought the boom of melodrama. Its cultural influence is proven to be powerful enough to shake the foundation of Korean film since there have been 5 sequels and remakes since the original.
故事描述了郭子仪的六子郭暧(丁赛君 饰)和升平公主(夏梦 饰)之间的一段婚姻纠纷。郭暧作为附马,每晚在与妻子相会之前都要行君臣大礼,显示了他们在婚姻中的特殊地位。郭子仪举办了七十大寿,他的七子和八名女婿前来祝寿,但升平公主却选择不前往。郭暧因此感到愤怒,竟然打了升平公主一耳光。升平公主不满,向当时的唐皇告状。唐皇听闻此事,决定处死郭暧。于是郭子仪不顾一切地将郭暧绑到皇宫请罪。在经历了一番调解后,郭暧和升平公主终于放下了彼此的怨恨,重新恢复了夫妻之间的和睦关系。双方也不再坚持每晚行君臣大礼,从此过上了和睦相处的日子。