Film · 1959 · Drama
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.
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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.
8 principal cast
Choi Eun-hee
Lee Sook-hee
Um Aing-ran
Oh Kyung-hee
Kim Jin-kyu
Kim Sang-gyu
Ju Jeung-nyeo
Mrs. Kim (Sister of Sang-gyu)
Kim Seok-hun
Han Ki-cheol (Sang-gyu's friend)
Kim Dong-won
Chairman (President of publishing company)
Han Eun-jin
Mrs. Park (Mother of Okju)
Do Kum-bong
Ok-joo Lee (Sang-gyu's fiancé)
Dongsimcho (1959) is available to stream on Flicksy via 6 verified sources, aggregated from publicly available embed providers. The 2h 6m drama directed by Shin Sang-ok is rated 6.5/10 by 2 viewers.
Dongsimcho was released on July 9, 1959.
Dongsimcho was directed by Shin Sang-ok.
Dongsimcho has a runtime of 126 minutes (2h 6m).
Dongsimcho is categorized as Drama, Romance.
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