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Goryeojang
Sign in to saveGoryeojang () is a 1963 South Korean drama film edited, written, produced and directed by Kim Ki-young.
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7.4Prior to the adoption of Confucianism, it was the tradition to abandon one's parents on a mountainside if they were over 70 years of age. In the ancient kingdom of Goryeo, now modern Korea, a nobleman defies this tradition when he refuses to leave his mother to starve to death.
Cast
- Kim Jin-kyu as Gu-ryeong
- Ju Jeung-nyeo as Widow
- Kim Bo-ae as Gat-nan
- Kim Dong-won as Jin-seok
- Lee Yea-chun as Park Chul
- Park Am
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- South Korea
- Original language
- Korean
- Director
- Kim Ki-young
- Cast member
- Kim Jin-kyu
- Producer
- Kim Ki-young
- Duration
- 90
- FilmAffinity ID
- 642985
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- publication date
- 1963-01-01
- title
- 고려장
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Encyclopedic overview
6 sectionsContents
- Plot
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Goryeojang () is a 1963 South Korean drama film edited, written, produced and directed by Kim Ki-young.
==Plot== The film tells the story of a poor farm worker who, according to local tradition, must take his 70-year-old mother into the mountains to die. Deciding to break the custom, he instead returns home with his mother.
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