高丽葬
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고려장
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Goryeo jang
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Goryeojang
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高麗葬
director:
Kim Ki-young
playwright:
Kim Ki-young
actor:
金振奎
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Ju Jeung-nyeo
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李艺春
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金宝爱
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Kim Dong-won
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genre:
Drama
region:
South Korea
language:
Korean
length: 1h 30m
release date: 1963-03-15
IMDb: tt0314119
고려장
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.