The Road to Sampo (1975)
- Original title
- 삼포가는 길
- Directed by
- Lee Man-hee
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- South Korea
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Rated
- 18
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 13 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
Three wandering laborers with troubled pasts meet on the road and form an uneasy bond. They travel together through the Korean countryside, each hoping to find a place or person that feels like home.
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What happens
The Road to Sampo (Korean: 삼포가는 길; RR: Sampoganeun gil) is a 1975 South Korean film starring Baek Il-seob, Kim Jin-kyu and Mun Suk. The final and posthumous work of director Lee Man-hee, it is adapted from an original short story of the same name by Hwang Sok-yong. Lee collapsed during the editing phase of the film. He was admitted to a hospital and soon died. According to Baek Kyeol, a screenwriter, Lee's health was already at its worst when he took on the project and may have known that he might not live to see the film's completion. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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