Movie: Traces

Top 5 Billed Cast

Moon Hee
문희

김영순

Oh Yeong-il
Oh Yeong-il

노구찌 료키치

Lee Dae-yub
이대엽

박동호

Lee Soon-jae
이순재

Hwang Hae
황해

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    A Japanese fine art teacher helps a Korean independence fighter to escape from a threat of being arrested by the Japanese police. The Korean man introduces him a gisaeng (Koran geisha) who learned Korean traditional court dance and he falls in love with her. However she hates Japanese because her parents were killed in the war.

  • Release Date

    1967-10-11

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    8

  • Rating:

    4.0 starts
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  • Languages:

    한국어/조선말
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