Dongsimcho (1959)
Dongsimcho (1959)
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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Cast

Choi Eun-hee Choi Eun-hee As: Lee Sook-hee
Um Aing-ran Um Aing-ran As: Oh Kyung-hee
Kim Jin-kyu Kim Jin-kyu As: Kim Sang-gyu
Ju Jeung-nyeo Ju Jeung-nyeo As: Mrs. Kim (Sister of Sang-gyu)
Kim Seok-hun Kim Seok-hun As: Han Ki-cheol (Sang-gyu's friend)
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Storyline

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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Details

Genres: Drama, Romance

Language: 한국어/조선말

Release Date: 09 July 1959

Country: KR

Runtime: 126m

Company Credits

Company: Korean Films Co.

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Cast

Choi Eun-hee

Choi Eun-hee

Lee Sook-hee

Um Aing-ran

Um Aing-ran

Oh Kyung-hee

Kim Jin-kyu

Kim Jin-kyu

Kim Sang-gyu

Ju Jeung-nyeo

Ju Jeung-nyeo

Mrs. Kim (Sister of Sang-gyu)

Kim Seok-hun

Kim Seok-hun

Han Ki-cheol (Sang-gyu's friend)

Kim Dong-won

Kim Dong-won

Chairman (President of publishing company)

Han Eun-jin

Han Eun-jin

Mrs. Park (Mother of Okju)

Do Kum-bong

Do Kum-bong

Ok-joo Lee (Sang-gyu's fiancé)

Kim Seung-ho

Kim Seung-ho

Busan President Kim (Trader)

Lee Min

Lee Min

Shin Dong-il (President of a securities company)

Ju Seon-tae

Ju Seon-tae

Bokdeokbang owner

Seo Wol-yeong

Seo Wol-yeong

Mrs. Lee

Yang Im

Yang Im

Miss Song (Securities Company employee)

Jeong Yeon-ja

Jeong Yeon-ja

Bogja (Shin Dong-il's old lover)

Choe Eun-yeon

Choe Eun-yeon

Mrs. Lee's housekeeper

Nam Yang-il

Nam Yang-il

Pharmacy clerk

Directed By

Choe Yeong-min

Choe Yeong-min

Assistant Director

Choe Chun-sik

Choe Chun-sik

Assistant Director

Shin Sang-ok

Shin Sang-ok

Director

Writing Credits

Production Crew

Edited By

Costume and Makeup

Not currently known.

Sound

Sohn In-ho

Sohn In-ho

Recording Supervision

Seong-tae Kim

Seong-tae Kim

Music

Visual Effects

Not currently known.

Camera

Not currently known.

Lighting

Lee Gye-chang

Lee Gye-chang

Lighting Director

Art Department

Myung-sun Yim

Myung-sun Yim

Art Direction

Other Crew

Lee Hyeong-pyo

Lee Hyeong-pyo

Cinematography

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