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Way of the Body (1959)

Way of the Body poster
Original title
육체의 길
Directed by
Jo Geung-ha
Genre
drama film
Country
South Korea
Rating
10.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A black and white drama from 1959. It follows a highly sentimental story that appealed to a wide audience and became a big box office hit.

sentimentalmelodramaticaccessibleengagingpopularblack-and-whiteperiodsouth korean

What happens

육체의 길은 조긍하 각본, 감독의 1959년 흑백 영화이다. 이 작품은 신파적인 소재로서, 이른바 통속물(通俗物)에 속한다고 하겠으나, 대중들에게는 상당한 설득력을 가지고 있다. 때문에 흥행에서도 대성공을 거두었다. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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