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.
- Status
- Released
- Original Title
- 동심초
- Original Language
- Korean
- Production
- Korean Films Co.
Cast
Choi Eun-heeLee Sook-hee
Um Aing-ranOh Kyung-hee
Kim Jin-kyuKim Sang-gyu
Ju Jeung-nyeoMrs. Kim (Sister of Sang-gyu)
Kim Seok-hunHan Ki-cheol (Sang-gyu's friend)
Kim Dong-wonChairman (President of publishing company)
Han Eun-jinMrs. Park (Mother of Okju)
Do Kum-bongOk-joo Lee (Sang-gyu's fiancé)
Kim Seung-hoBusan President Kim (Trader)
Lee MinShin Dong-il (President of a securities company)
Ju Seon-taeBokdeokbang owner
Seo Wol-yeongMrs. Lee
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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,…
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