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A Japanese fine art teacher helps a Korean independence fighter to escape from a threat of being arrested by the Japanese police. The Korean man introduces him a gisaeng (Koran geisha) who learned Korean traditional court dance and he falls in love with her. However she hates Japanese because her parents were killed in the war.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Korean

Runtime

80 mins

Rating

8/10

Release Date

11 October 1967

Country

South Korea

Cast

Moon Hee

Moon Hee

김영순

Oh Yeong-il

Oh Yeong-il

노구찌 료키치

Lee Dae-yub

Lee Dae-yub

박동호

Lee Soon-jae

Lee Soon-jae

Hwang Hae

Hwang Hae

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