Dongsimcho - 1959

Lee Suk-hui (Choe Eun-hui) lost her husband to the Korean War eight years ago. She runs a dressmaking shop that has fallen into debt. When Kim Sang-gyu (Kim Jin-gyu), the executive director of a publishing company, helps her pay off debts, she falls in love with him. He, however, is engaged to the daughter of his boss, Ok-ju (Do Geum-bong). His sister (Ju Jeung-nyeo) pushes him to marry the boss's daughter, hoping that will bring him rapid success. Meanwhile, Suk-hui's grown-up daughter Gyeong-hui, wanting her mother to be happy, urges her mother to marry Sang-gyu, but Suk-hui vacillates between social mores and her own happiness. Even though she and Sang-gyu truly love each other, she decides to leave him and heads for her country home after selling her house in Seoul. Hearing the news, he who is ill in bed hurries to Seoul station, but it is too late. All he can do is just to stand on the platform and to watch her train pulling away.

126min
1959
Released
Trakio rating0.0/10
IMDB rating6.4/10

Cast

Choi Eun-hee profile pictureChoi Eun-heeLee Sook-hee
Um Aing-ran profile pictureUm Aing-ranOh Kyung-hee
Kim Jin-kyu profile pictureKim Jin-kyuKim Sang-gyu
Ju Jeung-nyeo profile pictureJu Jeung-nyeoMrs. Kim (Sister of Sang-gyu)
Kim Seok-hun profile pictureKim Seok-hunHan Ki-cheol (Sang-gyu's friend)
Kim Dong-won profile pictureKim Dong-wonChairman (President of publishing company)
Han Eun-jin profile pictureHan Eun-jinMrs. Park (Mother of Okju)
Do Kum-bong profile pictureDo Kum-bongOk-joo Lee (Sang-gyu's fiancé)
Kim Seung-ho profile pictureKim Seung-hoBusan President Kim (Trader)
Lee Min profile pictureLee MinShin Dong-il (President of a securities company)
Ju Seon-tae profile pictureJu Seon-taeBokdeokbang owner
Nam Yang-il profile pictureNam Yang-ilPharmacy clerk

About Dongsimcho

Dongsimcho Overview

Lee Suk-hui (Choe Eun-hui) lost her husband to the Korean War eight years ago. She runs a dressmaking shop that has fallen into debt. When Kim Sang-gyu (Kim Jin-gyu), the executive director of a publishing company, helps her pay off debts, she falls in love with him. He, however, is engaged to the daughter of his boss, Ok-ju (Do Geum-bong). His sister (Ju Jeung-nyeo) pushes him to marry the boss's daughter, hoping that will bring him rapid success. Meanwhile, Suk-hui's grown-up daughter Gyeong-hui, wanting her mother to be happy, urges her mother to marry Sang-gyu, but Suk-hui vacillates between social mores and her own happiness. Even though she and Sang-gyu truly love each other, she decides to leave him and heads for her country home after selling her house in Seoul. Hearing the news, he who is ill in bed hurries to Seoul station, but it is too late. All he can do is just to stand on the platform and to watch her train pulling away.

Runtime: 126min

Extra details

Original Title: 동심초
Original Language: Korean
Directed By: Shin Sang-ok
Production Companies
Korean Films Co.