Karma

Top 5 Billed Cast

Nam Koong Won
남궁원

Heo

Kang Soo-youn
강수연

Mrs. Goosan

Kim Yeong-cheol
김영철

Byun Hee-bong
변희봉

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    Governor Heo, worried over the plague that's sweeping the country, rebukes the Kus who make amulets to ward off evil. Heo castrates the husband when he makes superstitious claims and takes the wife as his mistress. Heo continues to be tormented by hallucinations and nightmares and begins to blame it on the Kus' curse. He kills the couple at their reunion and unable to ward off his bad karma, dies from leprosy.

  • Release Date

    1988-05-21

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    9

  • Rating:

    4.5 starts
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    한국어/조선말
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