Ju Jeung-nyeo
Also Known As: Jeung-nyeo Ju, 주증녀, Ju Jeung-ryu
Biography: Ju Jeung-ryu (February 11, 1926 – 1980) was South Korean actress whose fame peaked in the 1950s and 1960s. She starred in about 400 films. Ju was born in Yonghung, Hamkyongnam-do, nowadays in North Korea. While attending Hamnam Girls' High School, Ju became an ardent play fan. When she became eighteen, she ran away from home and joined in the theater company, Gohyeop. Her first role as an actress was a maid in Muyeongtap (무영탑) written by Yu Chi-jin. Wikipedia contributors. "Ju Jeung-ryu." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 10 Mar. 2021. Web. 26 May. 2021.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: South Hamgyong, North Korea
Birthday: February 12, 1926
Deathday: September 18, 1980
Adult: No
Gender: Female
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The Barefooted Young
Overview: Jo Doo-soo, a member of a gang, comes across and helps Joanna, a college student who is about to have her handbag robbed by the bullies on her way home. Joanna is a diplomat's daughter and living the life of the upper class; whereas, Jo Doo-soo wastes his days serving the gang. Attracted to one another because of their opposite lives, Doo-soo and Joanna quickly fall in love. Being a devout Christian, Joanna believes that if only Doo-soo changed his thoughts about the way he lives, he could be a new person...
Genres: Crime Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-02-29
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A Young Zelkova
Overview: Suk-hee's mother is remarried to a man who has a son a year senior than Suk-hee. The two don't get along well first, but soon they grow intimate. Suk-hee learns, though, that she needs to give up her love for her mother's happiness. One day she leaves her mother and her new family, and goes on her way to her hometown, where she sees a Zelkova tree.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1968-03-29
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A Salaryman
Overview: A man is a chief of accounting who does business honestly, never cheating anyone in his 10 years at the company. But his boss is a completely different man. Regarding him as an obstacle keeping him from stealing the company's money, the boss lays a trap to get him fired. The boss' plot is successful. Now jobless, he and his family suffer a lot. But not long after, the president of the company finds out what's been going on. He comes to see him to apologize and lets him know that he is not only reinstated but also promoted.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-07-21
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The Housemaid
Overview: A piano composer's family moves into a new house; when his pregnant wife collapses from working to support the family, he hires a hot housemaid to help with housework.
Genres: Crime Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-11-03
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A Sad Pastorale
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Genres: Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-01-01
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The Teacher with Ten Daughters
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-04-09
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Her Majesty Yeonghwa
Overview: At the close of the reign of Sin the Great in Goguryeo (B.C.37-A.D.668), royalist Uso is executed by a false incrimination made by a treacherous retainer Yangsin and his sister Jangssi. His daughter becomes a royal concubine of King Nammu, and called Her Majesty Yeonghwa. She revenges herself on the party of Yangsin. After the king passes away, she makes his brother Yeonu accede to the throne and has the whole country under her thumb. But she has no child. When the king begets a son from another woman, she dies of jealousy at last.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-08-15
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The Heartbreaking Story
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Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-01-04
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Nilliri
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Genres: Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1966-10-29
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Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry
Overview: After her father, failed at stock investment and was shocked to death, a girl enters a textile factory and supports her family. But living on her small salary and repaying her father's debt is too difficult for her. In the end, she tries to kill herself together with her young brother. But only her brother dies, and she, who survives, stands at the bar guilty of patricide. She deserves the death penalty, but the court takes into consideration her circumstances and is generous enough to open up a new road for her to start again. A real-life story.
Genres: Drama Crime
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1966-06-13
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Tyrant Yeonsan
Overview: Prince Yeonsan-gun turns into a tyrant out of grief for his mother's death. He orders beheadings of all the officials who displease him or who advised the previous king to depose the queen. He becomes crueler by the day. But in 10th year of his reign, he is kicked out of the throne and dies a tragic death.
Genres: History Thriller Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-02-05
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I Am a King
Overview: Trainer Meng Doo-ho spots Young-chul in a bar fight and decides to turn him into a boxing champion.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1966-09-15
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The Testimony
Overview: June 25, 1950. When second lieutenant Jang has a date with his girl friend during weekend, numerous North Korean jet fighters make sudden air raids to the skies of Seoul. It is the beginning of Korean War. In spite of Korean Army's brave defense, North Korean army reddens South Korea with their state-of-the-art weapons. This movie describes the progress of war from the invasion in June 25, 1950 to the reclamation of territory on the basis of Sun-A's personal experience. Also this film reminds hard lessons from tragic history.
Genres: War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1974-01-01
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The Country Left Behind
Overview: Before the Korean War (1950-1953), a daughter of a Russian soldier stationed at Heungnam falls in love with a young Korean anti-Communist. Their love story shows how cruel the Russian soldiers were and how badly many North Koreans craved for freedom.
Genres: War Drama History Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1962-03-01
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Mi-ae
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Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1970-02-21
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Wives on Parade
Overview: A newlywed wife, Ji-sun moves to her husband's village in a rural area called Sambatgol where it is customary to have glossy charades, incompetence is prolific, and thus poverty is endemic. She starts to endeavor to break down all these vices. Her family and neighbors point accusing fingers at her first, but soon they are influenced by her to combine forces with her. In the meantime, longtime absent father of Gang-du returns to hids wife, who is Ji-sun's strong supporter and the chairperson of the village women's association. Gang-du's father, however, turns out to be an espionage agent sent from North Korea. He makes his mind up to denounce himself by persuasion of his wife, but he and his wife get killed by other espionage agents. At the funeral of these two, Ji-sun and the village people march in resolution of succeeding her will to make more endeavors in the developmental plan of the village.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1974-05-16
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The Last Empress
Overview: Queen Yun reigned with King Sunjong since she was just 13 years old. She hid the royal seals needed to complete an agreement between Korea and Japan which would lead to Korea's annexation. However, her patriotic display wins her many enemies.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1966-08-18
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Flame in Valley
Overview: During the Korean War, a widow living in a village in a mountainous region in the South of the Korean Peninsula that has lost most of its men to the war finds a Communist guerilla gone AWOL hiding in a bamboo grove and develops a relationship with him.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-04-22
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Potato
Overview: Bok-nyeo gets married to a poor Joseon's aristrocrat and lives a hard life to survive.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1968-11-15
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Similar Toes
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1976-11-05
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Ecstasy
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1974-09-05
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Bird of Paradise
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Genres: Romance Drama Mystery
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1975-07-05
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The Enemy of Woman
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1956-11-15
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The Moral of Youth
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-07-20
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The Romantic Train
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1959-01-01
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The Earth
Overview: Ha Dong, Kyung Nam Province in 1890. Choi Chi-Su's family is a grand land lord of the region from generation to generation. His mother Mrs. Yoon gives birth to another son Hwan after she was raped by Kim Gae-Ju when he is 10 years old. Later Hwan becomes a servant of Choi family but he falls in love with Chi-Su's wife and they flee by night. Meanwhile after a reign of 40 years of King Ko Jong, cholera prevails all over the country and years of famine follows it. While people suffer from natural disasters and diseases, one of Chi-Su's maternal relative Cho Jun-Ku and his wife make a plot to take Choi family's enormous wealth and strengthen the foundation for his status. In this chaos some villagers and Seo-Hee, Chi-Su's daughter leave their village for Buk Kan Do.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1974-11-23
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Love
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Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1957-06-01
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Life of the Woman
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Genres: Romance Drama Music
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1957-05-12
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Rebirth
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-11-20
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A Sad Story of Danjong
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Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1963-01-25
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Mother's Power
Overview: Seoul, under a drizzling spring rain; Korea is under the rule of Japan. A gisaeng(Korean geisha) named Jeong-ok (Ju Jeung-nyeo) and Myeong-gyu (Lee Min), the son of a bank president, fall in love. However, the bank president, Lee Eun-jik (Kim Seung-ho), placing importance on family background, objects to his son's relationship because of Jeong-ok's occupation. However, Myung-gyu leaves home and sets up a home with Jeong-ok. When Myung-gyu dies, Jeong-ok has his baby, named Yeong-gu (Park Geum-hui). When Eun-jik brings Yeong-gu home to raise him as the family's successor, he becomes impressed with the close relationship between mother and son, finally bringing Jeong-ok into his household and accepting her as his daughter-in-law.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-03-03
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It's Not Her Sin
Overview: After the woman who nearly killed her is brought to trial, Eun-hie finds that she must take the stand to give evidence. However, the defense attempts to turn the tables on her by revealing her sordid past and trying to make it seem as if she deserved what happened to her.
Genres: Mystery Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1959-01-14
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Full Ship
Overview: A film picturing the lives and adversities of fishermen who live and die in the sea.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-01-20
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Windmill of My Mind
Overview: Yeong-Ho is a son of second wife and enters his stepmother's as an heir. His stepbrother, Young-Min, is physically weak and frequently gets sick even by minor shock. To get away his girl friend, Myeong-Suk, Young-Ho makes Young-Min approach her. Myeong-Suk, who found something lacked in Young-Ho, starts a long journey with Young-Min. At that moment, Young-Ho suffers form the loneliness and longing for Myeong-Suk. At last, Young-Ho starts to look for her. Time passes, and Young-Ho decides to return his home, knowing that Young-Min has the qualification to inherit. On his departure day, Young-Ho calls Myeong-Suk, confessing his love and asking her to come back to him.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1976-03-05
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The Sea Knows
Overview: A Korean man, forced into service in the Japanese army during WWII, marries his Japanese girlfriend despite everyone's objections. Later, he becomes the sole survivor when the Americans attack.
Genres: Drama War
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-11-10
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Dongsimcho
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.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1959-07-09
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The Little Bridegroom's Return
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Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1970-01-01
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Children in the Firing Range
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Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-11-25
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Salt Pond
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Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1968-10-19
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Romance Papa
Overview: A middle-aged man is laid off from work but is too proud to tell his family. His children, however, learn of the situation and take jobs of their own to help him save face.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-01-28
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The Classroom of Youth
Overview: While the students, full of vigor in their twenties, make a stand against their parents who regard dating as a sin, they enjoy their springtime of life to the full showing affection in their own way. In the meantime, their parents get to understand them and their children receive their parents' blessing.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1963-08-23
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Goryeojang
Overview: 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. In the ancient kingdom of Goryeo, now modern Korea, a nobleman defies this tradition when he refuses to leave his mother to starve to death.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1963-03-15
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Prince Yeonsan
Overview: A historical drama about Prince Yeon-san of Joseon as a prince trying to restore the status of his mother, the deposed and executed Queen Yun.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-12-31
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A Flower of Evil
Overview: A doctor of biology succeeds in making a flower of evil. He has dedicated long years to the research for revenge. When he orders, the flower drinks human blood and resumes its shape as a flower. He uses the flower to take his revenge.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-03-30
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Rulers of the Land
Overview: In Manchuria, some a group of Korean guerrillas joins forces with the Chinese Nationalist Army to free some prisoners of war from the Japanese Imperialist Army.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1963-01-25
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Mist
Overview: Yun Gi-jun has become the executive director of a pharmaceutical company by marrying the widowed daughter of the company CEO. With the general shareholders’ meeting coming up shortly, his wife suggests that he visit his hometown of Mujin and he takes her advice.
Genres: Romance Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1967-10-18
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Asphalt
Overview: In the process of arresting a smuggler, the criminal's wife is killed. Twenty years later, the smuggler is released from prison and vows to murder the wife of the policeman who killed his spouse.
Genres: Drama Thriller
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1964-04-10
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Blue Days
Overview: A woman refuses to give into her fiance's desire that she take a job as a secretary in his father's office. Instead she eventually decides to try to make a life for herself with fatal results.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1976-06-25
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Lady Jang
Overview: King Sukjong exalts a greedy concubine to the status of Bin, which is next to that of the Queen. The new Bin, who is now called Jang Hui-bin, drives out the Queen through a coup and takes her place. But thanks to loyal court officials, the King finds out what has been going on. He demotes Jang to Bin again and reinstates his Queen. Jang, now vindictive, conspires with her mother to kill the queen and reclaim her place. But the conspiracy is brought to light, and Jang is executed.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1961-09-23
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Sorrow Even Up in Heaven
Overview: Lee, Yun-bok in his fourth grade lives in a poor family. His father is indulged in gambling, and his mother, who can no longer tolerate the cruelty of her husband, leaves home. Yet, Yun-bok comforts his younger brothers, makes a poor living by shining shoes, and keeps his journal everyday.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1965-05-05
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Revenge of the Snake Woman
Overview: Yong-nyeo, who was sacrificed for love and had lost her life, is reincarnated as a snake and takes the form of a woman. She seduces Ji-eon, the son-in-law of Aristocrat Shin, a man of power. They fall deeply in love and spend the night together. Meanwhile, Shin, who had caused Yong-nyeo's death is haunted by strange accidents. Shin is eventually killed by Yong-nyeo. Yong-nyeo, with the karma of having killed, cannot stay in this world and leaves for the other together with her love Ji-eon.
Genres: Horror Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1970-08-14
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Women of Yi-Dynasty
Overview: Four short stories examing the lives of women in the last 18th and 19th century Story 1: 'Wives Should Be Submissive'--A father tries to marry his daughter into a wealthy family. Story 2: 'A Daughter-In-Law Is No Better Than A Stranger'--A woman thinks that her daughter-in-law has turned her son against her so she tries to kill the younger woman. Story 3: '7 Grounds For Divorce'--A wife begins an affair with her servant because of her husband's impotency Story 4: 'Prohibit Sex In Court'--A concubine's life is at risk when it is revealed that her infant child is not the king's.
Genres: History Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1969-05-02
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Ah! Baekbeom Kim Ku
Overview: Kim Chang-su, who participated in the Donghak Movement, escapes to Manchuria after being chased by the Japanese army, finally making his way home. Angered by the assassination of Empress Myeong-seong, he murders a Japanese lieutenant and is sent to jail. He escapes from prison turns his focus on the democratic movement by teaching civilians and organizing Sinminheo (a democratic organization), even changing his name to 'Kim Gu.' After he is imprisoned again, he gets out on parole and goes to China, where he participates in establishing a provisional government from which he can direct the anti-Japanese struggle. Kim Gu goes on to play a part in Yun Bong-gil's deeds in Shanghai, the events at Hongkou Park, the encounter with Jiang Jish, and the establishment of the Korean National Army, and leads the struggle for Korea's independence with warm fraternal love and clear national spirit. When Korea is liberated in August 15, 1945, he returns back to his native land.
Genres: Drama History
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1960-05-24
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Desire
Overview: A doctor is shocked to learn that his girlfriend had formerly been the mistress of a married man.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1968-03-20
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Night Journey
Overview: A bank employee dissatisfied with the casualness and secrecy of her relationship with her boyfriend, a superior at work, is suddenly given a few days of vacation.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: ko
Release Date: 1977-04-23
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