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Burning Mountain ( Sanbul )

산불 KOREAN

1967 | Yes - 19 Republic of Korea 80min 1967-04-22 (Release) 70,000(Total Admissions)

Production: Tae Chang Enterprises Co.,Ltd
Director: Kim Soo-yong
Actor: Shin Young-kyun , Ju Jeung-ryu , Do Kum-bong , Hwang Jung-seun , Han Eun-jin See all

Plot

In the early 1950s when Korea is still at war, Kyu-bok (Shin Young-kyun) who escaped from the North Korean People's Army secretly sneaks into a small village in the mountainside. This village has turned into a widow village due to the war and widows Jum-rye (Ju Jeung-ryu) and Sa-wol (Do Kum-bong) live across from one another. Jum-rye had to take care of her mother-in-law (Han, Eun-jin) who was also a widow, a dote grandfather-in-law, and mentally deranged sister-in-law (Kim Yeong-ok). Sawol lives with her mother (Hwang, Jung-soon). Sawol's husband was a soldier from the South and Jum-rye's was a soldier from the North, making the two women hostile towards one another. At first, it was Jum-rye who hid Kyu-bok sneaking around the village in an underground tunnel and slept with him. Later, Sawol finds out about the existence of Kyu-bok and threatens him to have sex with her. Afraid that Kyu-bok may be arrested, Jum-rye silently approves the relationship between Kyu-bok and Samwol, and a strange sense of solidarity begins to form between the two women as they get to possess the same man. Meanwhile, a mopping-up operation on remaining soldiers from the North takes place in the village and the troop sets the bamboo field on fire to arrest any soldiers possibly hiding in the mountain. When this mission is to take place in the village, Samwol realizes she is pregnant with Kyu-bok's baby. Samwol's mother finds out and Samwol commits suicide by drinking lye (sodium hydroxide) water. In

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Director :: Kim Soo-yong
Actor :: Shin Young-kyun 규복(공비) 역
Ju Jeung-ryu 점례 역
Do Kum-bong 사월 역
Hwang Jung-seun 최씨(사월 친어머니) 역
Han Eun-jin 심씨(점례 시어머니) 역

Staff

Writer (novel)

: Cha Beom-seok

Screenplay

: Shin Bong-seung

Producer

: Kim Tai-soo

Planner

: An Seung-jun Kim In-gi

Cinematography

: Hong Dong-hyuk

Light

: Son Yeong-cheol

Edit

: Yu Jae-won

Music

: Jeong Yoon-joo

Art Director

: Lee Bong-seon