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엄마찾아 삼만리 (1990)

엄마찾아 삼만리 poster
Country
South Korea

How it feels

In 1960s South Korea, two children search for their mother who was sold to a bar to pay for their father's lung cancer surgery. The siblings travel across the country, always missing her by a step, until one of them falls seriously ill.

melodramaticsadsentimentalslow-pacedheartfeltdatedearnesttragic

What happens

《엄마찾아 삼만리》는 1990년의 한국영화이자 드라마 영화이다. 엄마! 우리는 왜 헤어져 살아야 하나요? 1960년대 온 장안을 눈물에 젖게한 "김종래"원작 "엄마찾아 삼만리" 완결편!! 민수와 민지는 폐암으로 병든 남편의 수술비 마련을 위해 선금을 받고 술집으로 팔려간 엄마를 찾아 전국을 헤메며 갖은 고생을 겪는다. 언제나 한발 늦게 엄마가 있던 곳을 찾아가게 되고 그러던 중 민지가 급성폐렴으로 쓰러지는데... (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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