Dongsimcho (1959)

Dongsimcho (1959)

All the adventure a man can live, he lives. 1959-07-09 South Korea 126 Min. PG-13
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Drama, Romance

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

Choi Eun-hee is Lee Sook-hee
Lee Sook-hee
Um Aing-ran is Oh Kyung-hee
Oh Kyung-hee
Kim Jin-kyu is Kim Sang-gyu
Kim Sang-gyu
Ju Jeung-nyeo is Mrs. Kim (Sister of Sang-gyu)
Mrs. Kim (Sister of Sang-gyu)
Kim Seok-hun is Han Ki-cheol (Sang-gyu's friend)
Han Ki-cheol (Sang-gyu's friend)
Kim Dong-won is Chairman (President of publishing company)
Chairman (President of publishing company)
Han Eun-jin is Mrs. Park (Mother of Okju)
Mrs. Park (Mother of Okju)
Do Kum-bong is Ok-joo Lee (Sang-gyu's fiancé)
Ok-joo Lee (Sang-gyu's fiancé)
Kim Seung-ho is Busan President Kim (Trader)
Busan President Kim (Trader)
Lee Min is Shin Dong-il (President of a securities company)
Shin Dong-il (President of a securities company)
Ju Seon-tae is Bokdeokbang owner
Bokdeokbang owner
Seo Wol-yeong is Mrs. Lee
Mrs. Lee
Yang Im is Miss Song (Securities Company employee)
Miss Song (Securities Company employee)
Jeong Yeon-ja is Bogja (Shin Dong-il's old lover)
Bogja (Shin Dong-il's old lover)
Choe Eun-yeon is Mrs. Lee's housekeeper
Mrs. Lee's housekeeper
Nam Yang-il is Pharmacy clerk
Pharmacy clerk