South Korea / Jul 09, 1959
Dongsimcho (1959)
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Do Kum-bong | Ok-joo Lee (Sang-gyu's fiancé) |
| Kim Seung-ho | Busan President Kim (Trader) |
| Lee Min | Shin Dong-il (President of a securities company) |
| Ju Seon-tae | Bokdeokbang owner |
| Seo Wol-yeong | Mrs. Lee |
| Yang Im | Miss Song (Securities Company employee) |
| Jeong Yeon-ja | Bogja (Shin Dong-il's old lover) |
| Choe Eun-yeon | Mrs. Lee's housekeeper |
| Nam Yang-il | Pharmacy clerk |
Genres
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | 동심초 |
| Original language | 한국어/조선말 (KO) |
| Spoken languages | 한국어/조선말 |
| Production countries | South Korea |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Korean Films Co. |
| Release date | 9 luglio 1959 |
| Production | Park Un-sam, Lee Sang-cheol |
| Writer | Nam-sa Jo, Lee Bong-rae |
| Editing | Young-hee Kim |
| Cinematography | Lee Hyeong-pyo |
| Assistant directors | Choe Yeong-min, Choe Chun-sik, Shin Sang-ok |
| Lighting | Lee Gye-chang |
| Production design | Myung-sun Yim |
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| Art direction | Myung-sun Yim |
| Set decoration | Myung-sun Yim |
| Music | Seong-tae Kim, Sohn In-ho |
| Sound | Sohn In-ho, Seong-tae Kim |
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