A man's jealousy of his friend's pure love for his girlfriend makes his friend sleep with a prostitute. But the friend agonizes over the depraved conduct and at last kills himself. He also feels guilty of his friend's death. However one day he meets the dead friend's girlfriend, and meeting her makes him convinced that it is not he, but she who leads the friend to death. He violates her chastity, kills a man who beat the friend before he died and turns himself to the police.
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Cast
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Lee Soon-jae
Hyun-tae
Known for
The Red Sleeve
Yongary, Monster from the Deep
Moon Hee
Jang-sook
Also in
Love Me Once Again
Green Rain
Baek Young-min
Also in
White Rose
Living in the Sky
Kim Dong-hun
Also in
Grudge
Kim Seong-ok
Also in
A Day Off
The General's Mustache
Kim Sun-cheol
Also in
A Day Off
Cheondong
Choi Ha-won Director · Hwang Sun-won Author
First release April 13, 1968 · Produced in South Korea · Original title 나무들 비탈에 서다
Production
Korea Films
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South Korea
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Original title
나무들 비탈에 서다
Original language
Korean
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Korean
Release dates
South Korea · April 13, 1968
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No release date listed for United States.
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