Oseam (2003)

Original title

오세암

Directed by

Baek-Yeob Seong

Genre

drama film

Country

South Korea

Runtime

1h 15m

Rated

ALL

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 36 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young blind boy and his older sister are taken in by Buddhist monks after their mother dies. The film follows their life at the temple as the boy bonds with the monks and learns about kindness and loss.

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What happens

Oseam (Korean: 오세암) is a 2003 South Korean drama/religious animated film directed by Sung Baek-yeop. It is based on a novel by Korean author Jeong Chae-bong, who has described it as being a fairy tale for adults. The title means "five-year-old temple." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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