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During the Japanese occupation of South Korea, a Japanese bureaucrat is ordered to persuade an influential Korean patriarch into obeying the law of changing his Korean surname to a Japanese one.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Korean

Runtime

107 mins

Rating

5.7/10

Release Date

14 September 1979

Country

South Korea

Cast

Ju Seon-tae

Ju Seon-tae

Sol Jin-young

Ha Myeong-jung

Ha Myeong-jung

Tani

Han Hye-suk

Han Hye-suk

Ok-sun

Choi Nam-hyun

Choi Nam-hyun

Kim Sin-jae

Kim Sin-jae

Yoon Yang-ha

Yoon Yang-ha

Ju Sang-ho

Ju Sang-ho

Kim Seok-hun

Kim Seok-hun

Dokgo Sung

Dokgo Sung

Lee Hyang

Lee Hyang

Kim Ki-beom

Kim Ki-beom

Choe Jae-ho

Choe Jae-ho

Park Kwang-jin

Park Kwang-jin

Lim Hae-rim

Lim Hae-rim

Lee Jeong-ae

Lee Jeong-ae

Lim Yae-sim

Lim Yae-sim

Kim Ji-young

Kim Ji-young

Jeon Sook

Jeon Sook

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