While working on a case with farmers, lawyer Heo Seung comes to believe that the rural development movement is the only lasting way to preserve the identity of the country. With conviction, Seung throws himself into the rural area. However, this position is against the Japanese occupation policies and eventually, even his wife, Yun Jung-sun, ends up leaving him. The Japanese judge Masaki Hiroshi determines that Seung's rural development activities are actually a rebellion against Japan. He has Seung imprisoned as an ideology criminal. After spending five years in jail, Seung returns to the country to see his wife, Jung-sun, continuing her husband's work and waiting for him.
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Lee Hwa-si
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Kim Jung-chul
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Ieoh Island
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Yeom Bok-sun
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Yeong-ja's Heydays
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Kim Chu-ryeon
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301/302
Blood of the Dragon Peril
Kwon Mi-hye
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Winter Traveler
Ieoh Island
Park Am
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Madame Freedom
Ieoh Island
Kim Won-seop
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Love Of Blood Relations
Woman of Fire '82
Yeo Po
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Ieoh Island
A Woman After a Killer Butterfly
Choi Il
Also in
Mission for the Dragon
Winter Wanderer
Hong Seong-joong
Known for
Five Fingers of Death
Han Myeong-hwan
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Revenge of Drunken Master
Mulberry
Choe Jae-ho
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The Road to Sampo
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Kim Ki-young Director · Yi Gwang-su Author Koo Joong-mo Cinematographer
First release March 25, 1978 · Produced in South Korea · Original title 흙
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Dong-a Export
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South Korea
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Original title
흙
Original language
Korean
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Korean
Release dates
South Korea · March 25, 1978
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No release date listed for United States.
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