Goryeojang

(1963)

★ 7.4 IMDb · 10 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1963

Runtime: 108 мин

Country: South Korea

Director: 김기영

Cast: 김진규, 주증녀, 김보애, 김동원, 이예춘, 박암, 석금성, 고선애, 왕숙랑, 독고성

Plot

Prior to the adoption of Confucianism, it was the tradition to abandon one's parents on a mountainside if they were over 70 years of age. In the ancient kingdom of Goryeo, now modern Korea, a nobleman defies this tradition when he refuses to leave his mother to starve to death.