Mild-mannered and modest Sook-young looks like your usual middle-aged woman, but happens to be a man-killing murderess. On a train trip to Mokpo, she remembers an earlier trip as a prisoner on furlough accompanied by a menacing but kind butch female guard. On the train they meet Hoon, a young man who falls for Sook-young. The guard lets them be alone at a bizarre marriage in a hill-top graveyard.
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Kim Ki-young Director · Kim Ji-heon Writer Jung Il-sung Cinematographer
First release July 26, 1975 · Produced in South Korea · Original title 육체의 약속
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Dong-a Export
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South Korea
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Original title
육체의 약속
Original language
Korean
Spoken on screen
Korean
Release dates
South Korea · July 26, 1975
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South Korea
November 15, 2018 · Theatrical · 재개봉
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