π Overview:
Lee Suk-hui (Choe Eun-hui) lost her husband to the Korean War eight years ago. She runs a dressmaking shop that has fallen into debt. When Kim Sang-gyu (Kim Jin-gyu), the executive director of a publishing company, helps her pay off debts, she falls in love with him. He, however, is engaged to the daughter of his boss, Ok-ju (Do Geum-bong). His sister (Ju Jeung-nyeo) pushes him to marry the boss's daughter, hoping that will bring him rapid success. Meanwhile, Suk-hui's grown-up daughter Gyeong-hui, wanting her mother to be happy, urges her mother to marry Sang-gyu, but Suk-hui vacillates between social mores and her own happiness. Even though she and Sang-gyu truly love each other, she decides to leave him and heads for her country home after selling her house in Seoul. Hearing the news, he who is ill in bed hurries to Seoul station, but it is too late. All he can do is just to stand on the platform and to watch her train pulling away.
π Languages Available:
Korean
π Date Released:
1959-07-09
β Running Time:
126 mins
β Vote Average:
4.0
Beloved Cast
Lee Sook-hee
Choi Eun-hee
Oh Kyung-hee
Um Aing-ran
Kim Sang-gyu
Kim Jin-kyu
Mrs. Kim (Sister of Sang-gyu)
Ju Jeung-nyeo
Han Ki-cheol (Sang-gyu's friend)
Kim Seok-hun
Chairman (President of publishing company)
Kim Dong-won
Mrs. Park (Mother of Okju)
Han Eun-jin
Ok-joo Lee (Sang-gyu's fiancΓ©)
Do Kum-bong
Busan President Kim (Trader)
Kim Seung-ho
Shin Dong-il (President of a securities company)
Lee Min
Bokdeokbang owner
Ju Seon-tae
Mrs. Lee
Seo Wol-yeong
Miss Song (Securities Company employee)
Yang Im
Bogja (Shin Dong-il's old lover)
Jeong Yeon-ja
Mrs. Lee's housekeeper
Choe Eun-yeon
Pharmacy clerk
Nam Yang-il