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
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
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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