Kinship

Drama · 1963

The story takes place on a mountain slope where defectors from North Korea live. These families sell cheap things such as socks and pens to make a living and there is a serious gap between the parents and their children. A widower Kim Duk-sam (Kim Seung-ho) nags his son Geo-buk (Shin Seong-il) to join the American army. Hwang Jung-soon who lives next door teaches her daughter Bok-soon (Um Aing-ran) traditional Korean folksongs and forces her to become a giseng (Korean geisha).

Starring

Kim Seung-ho, Jeon Jo-Myeong, Jeong Yoon-joo, Jo Mi-ryeong, Um Aing-ran, Yu Jae-won, Seok-in Park, Kim Ji-mi, Shin Seong-il, Kim Soo-yong

Director

Kim Soo-yong