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Dongsimcho (1959)

Original title: 동심초

1959-07-09 · 2h 6m · KO
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Lee Suk-hui (Choe Eun-hui) lost her husband to the Korean War eight years ago. She runs a dressmaking shop that has fallen into debt. When Kim Sang-gyu (Kim Jin-gyu), the executive director of a publishing company, helps her pay off debts, she falls in love with him. He, however, is engaged to the daughter of his boss, Ok-ju (Do Geum-bong). His sister (Ju Jeung-nyeo) pushes him to marry the boss's daughter, hoping that will bring him rapid success. Meanwhile, Suk-hui's grown-up daughter Gyeong-hui, wanting her mother to be happy, urges her mother to marry Sang-gyu, but Suk-hui vacillates between social mores and her own happiness. Even though she and Sang-gyu truly love each other, she decides to leave him and heads for her country home after selling her house in Seoul. Hearing the news, he who is ill in bed hurries to Seoul station, but it is too late. All he can do is just to stand on the platform and to watch her train pulling away.

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Shin Sang-okDirector

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Um Aing-ranUm Aing-ranOh Kyung-heeChoi Eun-heeChoi Eun-heeLee Sook-heeKim Jin-kyuKim Jin-kyuKim Sang-gyuJu Jeung-nyeoJu Jeung-nyeoMrs. Kim (Sister of Sang-gyu)Kim Seok-hunKim Seok-hunHan Ki-cheol (Sang-gyu's friend)Kim Dong-wonKim Dong-wonChairman (President of publishing company)Han Eun-jinHan Eun-jinMrs. Park (Mother of Okju)Do Kum-bongDo Kum-bongOk-joo Lee (Sang-gyu's fiancé)Kim Seung-hoKim Seung-hoBusan President Kim (Trader)Lee MinLee MinShin Dong-il (President of a securities company)Ju Seon-taeJu Seon-taeBokdeokbang ownerSeo Wol-yeongSeo Wol-yeongMrs. Lee

Keywords

LoveSeoul, south koreaLoan

Movie DNA

Genre affinityDrama · RomanceTheme affinityLove · Seoul South Korea · LoanMood preferenceRomanceDialogue densityDramaEmotional intensityRomanceDirector preference249767

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What is Dongsimcho about?

Lee Suk-hui (Choe Eun-hui) lost her husband to the Korean War eight years ago. She runs a dressmaking shop that has fallen into debt. When Kim Sang-gyu (Kim Jin-gyu), the executive director of a publishing company, helps her pay off debts, she falls in love with him. He, however, is engaged to the daughter of his boss, Ok-ju (Do Geum-bong). His sister (Ju Jeung-nyeo) pushes him to marry the boss's daughter, hoping that will bring him rapid success. Meanwhile, Suk-hui's grown-up daughter Gyeong-hui, wanting her mother to be happy, urges her mother to marry Sang-gyu, but Suk-hui vacillates between social mores and her own happiness. Even though she and Sang-gyu truly love each other, she decides to leave him and heads for her country home after selling her house in Seoul. Hearing the news, he who is ill in bed hurries to Seoul station, but it is too late. All he can do is just to stand on the platform and to watch her train pulling away.

How long is Dongsimcho?

Dongsimcho has a runtime of 126 minutes.