The General in Red Robes

Top 4 Billed Cast

Ko Eun-a
고은아

Do Kum-bong
도금봉

Lee Kang-jo
이강조

Hwang Hae
황해

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    General Kwak, despite having retired from military service, organizes a small army to resist the onslaught of an invasion from Japan in the early Chosun Dynasty

  • Release Date

    1973-10-13

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    한국어/조선말
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