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Goryeojang (1963)

Goryeojang (1963)

Drama
Release Date: 1963, March 15
Directors: Kim Ki-young
Countries: South Korea
Production: Korea Art Films
Cast: Kim Dong-won, Ko Seol-bong, Kim Jin-kyu, Eok Song, Ju Jeung-nyeo, Choi Sam, Park Sang-ik, Lee Yea-chun, Jeon Ok, Kim Bo-ae

Overview:

Prior to the adoption of Confucianism, it was the tradition to abandon one's parents on a mountainside if they were over 70 years of age. In the ancient kingdom of Goryeo, now modern Korea, a nobleman defies this tradition when he refuses to leave his mother to starve to death.