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Ban Geum-ryun (1981)
Directed by Kim Ki-young
Drama · 1h 30m
Seo Mun-kyung, a merchant in ancient China where polygamy is legal, monopolizes the salt sales business. The magistrate of the province collapse families of Hwa Ja-heo and Hwang Mu-dae through Mun-kyung. When Ja-heo's wife Byung-ah fakes her death and disappears with Ja-heo, Seo is angered. But when he sees Mu-dae's wife Ban Geum-ryun, he is satisfied and this causes Mu-dae to end his own life. Geum-ryun makes Seo's concubines Chun-ae and Kyo-ah lose their sight and she takes Byung-ah to Seo. When Byung-ah has Seo's baby, antagonism and jealousy grows between the two women. Geum-ryun's jealousy kills Byung-ah's whole family and also kills Seo. Geum-ryun chooses to join her husband in death.
Cast
Shin Seong-il
Park Jeong-ja
Lee Hwa-si
Kim Young-ae
Crew
- Director
- Kim Ki-young
- Screenplay
- Yeo Su-jung
Details
- Original title
- 반금련
- Release date
- 1981-03-13
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- KO
- Spoken languages
- Korean
- Countries
- South Korea
- Production
- Dong-a Export