Woman

1968 1h 40m KO

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8.0

BANGER

★8.0TMDB · 1

Drama

Synopsis

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A man meets a woman on his hiking trip to Mountain Seorak, but she suffers from incurable diseases. He becomes infatuated with her hair. When he tells her about his feeling she promises him that she would leave her hair after she dies as part his heritage for the man. But when he looks for her later she is already dead, and her hair was already sold to another person. He meets another woman he becomes intimate with, but finds that she is his biological mother.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Shin Seong-il
Moon Hee
Kim Ji-mi
Choi Eun-hee
Go Seon-ae

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yu Hyun-mok
Writers: Kim Ki-young, Kim Seung-ok, Lee Eun-seong
Languages: Korean
Countries: South Korea

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ERA

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58 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yu Hyun-mok, shot by Son Hyeon-chae. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Kim Hui-su shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Shin Seong-il and Moon Hee and Kim Ji-mi carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0309089 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Yu Hyun-mok directs. Son Hyeon-chae behind the camera. Kim Hui-su cuts. Produced in South Korea. Dialogue in Korean.

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Things worth knowing

158 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Yu Hyun-mok, shot by Son Hyeon-chae. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Kim Hui-su shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Shin Seong-il and Moon Hee and Kim Ji-mi carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0309089 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.