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The Widow(1955)
Status: Released
Date: 1955-04-02
60%
5 Votes
Time: 1h 30m
Overview:
The only film from female director Park Nam Ok, the melodrama The Widow offers a different perspective of the female experience in postwar Korea, and a woman's struggle between duty and desire. Raising a daughter alone after the war, widow Shin is much indebted to her late husband's friend Seong Jin but resists his romantic advances. Instead, she falls for Taek, who is carrying on an affair with Seong Jin's jealous wife. Shin is willing to give up everything for Taek, but his heart changes again when his girlfriend returns.
Languages: Korean.
Countries:
South Korea
ProductionCompanies:
Ja-mae Movie Company
Movie: The Widow
Top 10 Billed Cast
이민자
Shin
Lee Seong-ju
Ju
이택균
Taek
나애심
Jin
신동훈
Mr. Lee
Park Yeong-suk
Mrs. Lee
노강
Song
최남현
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Overview
The only film from female director Park Nam Ok, the melodrama The Widow offers a different perspective of the female experience in postwar Korea, and a woman's struggle between duty and desire. Raising a daughter alone after the war, widow Shin is much indebted to her late husband's friend Seong Jin but resists his romantic advances. Instead, she falls for Taek, who is carrying on an affair with Seong Jin's jealous wife. Shin is willing to give up everything for Taek, but his heart changes again when his girlfriend returns.
Release Date
1955-04-02
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6
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