The Widow

The Widow

1955 ko 90 minutes

Rating: 6

Plot

The only film from female director Park Nam Ok, the melodrama The Widow offers a different perspective of the female experience in postwar Korea, and a woman's struggle between duty and desire. Raising a daughter alone after the war, widow Shin (Lee Min Ja) is much indebted to her late husband's friend Seong Jin (Shin Dong Hun) but resists his romantic advances. Instead, she falls for Taek (Lee Taek Kyun), who is carrying on an affair with Seong Jin's jealous wife (Park Yeong Suk). Shin is willing to give up everything for Taek, but his heart changes again when his girlfriend returns.

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Cast

Lee Min-ja

Lee Min-ja

Shin

Lee Seong-ju

Lee Seong-ju

Ju

Lee Tak-kyun

Lee Tak-kyun

Taek

Na Ae-shim

Na Ae-shim

Jin

Sin Dong-hun

Sin Dong-hun

Mr. Lee

Park Yeong-suk

Park Yeong-suk

Mrs. Lee

No Kang

No Kang

Song

Bang Young-ja

Bang Young-ja

Sook

Kim Jeong-shik

Kim Jeong-shik

Employee

Choi Nam-hyun

Choi Nam-hyun

Yu Gye-seon

Yu Gye-seon

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