Dongsimcho (1959)

Dongsimcho (1959)

1959-07-09 South Korea 126 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

최은희 is Lee Sook-hee
Lee Sook-hee
엄앵란 is Oh Kyung-hee
Oh Kyung-hee
김진규 is Kim Sang-gyu
Kim Sang-gyu
주증녀 is Mrs. Kim (Sister of Sang-gyu)
Mrs. Kim (Sister of Sang-gyu)
김석훈 is Han Ki-cheol (Sang-gyu's friend)
Han Ki-cheol (Sang-gyu's friend)
김동원 is Chairman (President of publishing company)
Chairman (President of publishing company)
한은진 is Mrs. Park (Mother of Okju)
Mrs. Park (Mother of Okju)
도금봉 is Ok-joo Lee (Sang-gyu's fiancé)
Ok-joo Lee (Sang-gyu's fiancé)
김승호 is Busan President Kim (Trader)
Busan President Kim (Trader)
이민 is Shin Dong-il (President of a securities company)
Shin Dong-il (President of a securities company)
주선태 is Bokdeokbang owner
Bokdeokbang owner
서월영 is Mrs. Lee
Mrs. Lee