Dongsimcho 1959
Dongsimcho
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.
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.
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Full Cast & Crew... 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)
Release Date:
Jul 09, 1959 (Korea, Republic Of)
Run Time:
2hr 6`
MMPA Rating:
Original Language:
Korean
Production Countries:
Korea, Republic Of
Status:
Released
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Cast & Crew of
Dongsimcho - Dongsimcho
Directors & Credit Writers
... Assistant Director
... Director
... Assistant Director
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
YI
Yang Im... Miss Song (Securities Company employee)
... Bogja (Shin Dong-il's old lover)
... Mrs. Lee's housekeeper
... Pharmacy clerk
Produced By
... Producer
PU
Park Un-sam... Producer