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The Earth (1974)
Directed by Kim Soo-yong
Overview
Ha Dong, Kyung Nam Province in 1890. Choi Chi-Su’s family is a grand land lord of the region from generation to generation. His mother Mrs. Yoon gives birth to another son Hwan after she was raped by Kim Gae-Ju when he is 10 years old. Later Hwan becomes a servant of Choi family but he falls in love with Chi-Su’s wife and they flee by night. Meanwhile after a reign of 40 years of King Ko Jong, cholera prevails all over the country and years of famine follows it. While people suffer from natural disasters and diseases, one of Chi-Su’s maternal relative Cho Jun-Ku and his wife make a plot to take Choi family’s enormous wealth and strengthen the foundation for his status. In this chaos some villagers and Seo-Hee, Chi-Su’s daughter leave their village for Buk Kan Do.
Length 130 minutes
Actors
Kim Ji-mee | Lee Soon-jae | Heo Jang-gang | Kim Hee-ra | Hwang Hae | Choi Nam-hyun | Choi Chong-min | Yeon-jeong Woo | Yeo Su-Jin | Do Kum-bong | Ju Jeung-nyeo | Lee Ja-young | Lee Young-ok | Choi Bong | Nam Su-Jung | Bang Su-Il | Moon Mi-bong | Choe Seong-Ho | Kim Nam-il | Yang Il-min | Ko Seol-bong | Bong Seung-hyeon | Choi Sam | No Gang | Yun Dong-rin | Baek So-jin | Choe Bong-ryeong | Lim Yae-sim | Bong Chu | Cho Hak-ja | Kim Ji-young | Kim Ae-Ra | Gwon Il-jeong | Im Seong-po | Chung Mi-kyung | Im Saeng-chul | Kim Kyung-ran | Il Park | Park Kwang-jin | Noh Sa-kang | Choe Jun | Jang Dong-bin | Joo Sang-ho | Son Jun | Kim Seung-nam | Jong-seok Gu | Choe Hui-yeong | Kim Chang-woo | Jeon Ho-jin | Kwon Min-jeong | Kim Mi-yeong | Lee Young-soo | Seo Hui | You Young-kook | Jo Woon | Yang Gwang-nam | Ra Jeong-ok