Potato (film)
| Potato | |
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| Hangul | 감자 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Gamja |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kamja |
| Directed by | Byun Jang-ho |
| Written by | Kim Ha-rim Na Han-bong Hong Jong-won Lee Hee-woo |
| Produced by | Byun Jang-ho |
| Starring | Kang Soo-yeon Kim In-moon |
| Cinematography | Jung Il-sung |
| Edited by | Park Soon-duk |
| Music by | Lee Cheol-hyeok |
| Distributed by | Dae Jong Films Co., Ltd |
Release date |
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| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
Potato (Korean: 감자; RR: Gamja) is a 1987 South Korean remake of a 1967 film with the same name, and the second adaptation of Kim Dong-in's short novel.[1]
Plot[edit]
Bok-nyeo is forced to marry a widower who is older than she is. After the marriage, she goes to work at a salt farm, where she is raped by her boss. Bok-nyeo decides to make money by changing her lifestyle. Later, she falls in love with a Chinese herbalist in Korea, Mr. Wang. Bok-nyeo becomes jealous when Mr. Wang gets married. She tries to kill Wang, but Mr. Wang kills Bok-nyeo and hides her body.
Cast[edit]
- Kang Soo-yeon as Bok-nyeo
- Kim In-moon
- Lee Dae-keun as Mr. Wang
- Kim Hyeong-ja as Durene
- Choe In-suk
- Cho Ju-mi
References[edit]
- ^ Paquet, Darcy. "Potato (1987) review". www.koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
External links[edit]
- Potato at the Korean Movie Database
- Potato at IMDb
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