Movie Description
동심초
(1959)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.
Featured Crew
Cast
Lee Sook-hee
Oh Kyung-hee
Kim Sang-gyu
Mrs. Kim (Sister of Sang-gyu)
Han Ki-cheol (Sang-gyu's friend)
Chairman (President of publishing company)
Mrs. Park (Mother of Okju)
Ok-joo Lee (Sang-gyu's fiancé)
Busan President Kim (Trader)
Shin Dong-il (President of a securities company)
Bokdeokbang owner
Mrs. Lee
Miss Song (Securities Company employee)
Bogja (Shin Dong-il's old lover)
Mrs. Lee's housekeeper
Pharmacy clerk
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Facts
Original Title동심초
Status Released
Release Information
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1959-07-09
Original LanguageUnknown
Runtime 02h 06m
Production CompaniesKorean Films Co.
Genres
- Drama
- Romance
