Kim Dong-sik works at a securities firm. When his wife’s business grows and his position at home gets blurred Read More »
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The Housemaid AKA Hanyo (1960) Ki-young Kim, Jin Kyu Kim, Jeung-nyeo Ju, Eun-shim Lee
In the 60s in Korea, the piano teacher Mr. Kim works in a factory giving music classes to the workers. Read More »
The Woman of Fire ’82 AKA Hwanyeo ’82 (1982) Ki-young Kim, Mu-song Jeon, Yeong-hie Na, Ji-mee Kim
This is a remake of the classic “The Housemaid” (aka Hayo). This time it takes place on a chicken farm run by the wife. Read More »
Burying Old Alive (1963) Ki-young Kim, Jin Kyu Kim, Jeung-nyeo Ju, Ye-chun Lee
Prior to the adoption of Confucianism, it was the tradition to abandon one’s parents on a mountainside if they were over 70 years of age. Read More »
Io Island (1977) Ki-young Kim, Hwa-shi Lee, Jeong-cheol Kim, Yun-seok Choi
An investor planning on developing a tourist resort begins an investigation into the legends of the mysterious Io Island in the hope of exploiting its unspoiled beauty. Read More »
Fire Woman (1971) Ki-young Kim, Kung-won Nam, Gye-hyeon Jeon, Yuh Jung Youn
The lives of a composer and his wife, who live on a chicken farm, are thrown into turmoil when a femme fatale joins their household. Read More »
Sunyeo / Water Lady (1979) Ki-young Kim, Jeong-cheol Kim, Ja-ok Kim, Il-woong Lee, Drama
Jin-seok returns from the Vietnam war, injured and marries Sun-ok. But financial difficulties cause them to argue. One day, Sun-ok brings bamboo trees from her parents’ home and succeeds in running a bamboo ware manufacturing company. Sun-ok has a stuttering problem and their son inherits the habit and he is sent to a special school. Meanwhile Jin-seok falls for Chu-wol and begins abusing Sun-ok. Chu-wol schemes to ruin his family, but Jin-seok escapes from her clutches and Sun-ok creates a special bamboo instrument. Their son’s stuttering problem is cured.
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