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Once Upon a Time (1978)
Directed by Yu Hyun-mok
Fantasy · 1h 35m
Set after the unification of the Three Kingdoms, the film opens with a description of some of the lawlessness due to the threat of the Tang Dynasty, which was involved in the violent unification. During this time, a messianic prophecy arose in the countryside of an infant warrior that would be born that could overthrow the conquering Tang, heralded by a flying horse. Into this situation we meet a peasant, A Sadal, who we first discover stealing a Buddha statue from temple and stealing food from an old man dying of hunger. We then meet his wife, Sae Onyeo, and the happily married pair soon conceive and bear a child. However, reports of a flying horse abound and the Tang start a campaign to find the infant warrior, with potential consequences for the new parents in addition to the rest of their village.
Cast
Baek Il-seob
Crew
- Director
- Yu Hyun-mok
Details
- Original title
- 옛날 옛적에 훠어이 훠이
- Release date
- 1978-10-19
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Genres
- Fantasy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Korean