Movie: Because You Are a Woman

Top 6 Billed Cast

Won Mi-kyung
원미경

Jung-hee

Lee Yeong-ha
이영하

Seung-chul

Son Sook
손숙

Lawyer

Lee Kyung-young
이경영

Lawyer

Jin Hee-jin
Jin Hee-Jin

Soon-young

Kim Min-jong
김민종

Choi Min-jong

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    A 1990 Korean film about a woman who gets involved in a court case after retaliating against her attackers.

  • Release Date

    1990-09-29

  • Average

    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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  • Languages:

    한국어/조선말

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