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Hwannyeo (1974)

Hwannyeo poster
Original title
환녀
Directed by
Kim Ho-sun
Genre
drama
Country
South Korea
Runtime
1h 36m

How it feels

A playboy named Young-Shik is attacked and taken to a mountain villa owned by a disabled former vet. A woman in a wedding veil appears, urging him to return to his first love, and she kills his current girlfriend Ok-Ju. Young-Shik learns the woman was his scarred first love Mi-Ra, who then killed herself, leaving him devastated.

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