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Compassion (1987)

Compassion poster
Original title
유정
Directed by
Kim Ki
Genre
romance film
Country
South Korea
Runtime
1h 44m

How it feels

A historian named Choi Seok raises a young woman named Jeong-im after her parents die. When Jeong-im develops romantic feelings for him, he faces criticism and leaves his school. He later gives her money and goes to Japan for medical treatment, and Jeong-im travels with an admirer to find him.

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