Triangle Trap

Samgagui hangjeong

South Korea

1975

85 Min

Color

Korean

Currently 3.0/5 Stars.
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CAST Mun Suk, Oh JI-myung, Baek Il-seob, Yu Jang-hyeon, Kim Gi-jong, Ju Il-mong, Chung Mi-kyung, Gang Suk-gyeong, Kim Ji-yeon

A woman trying to escape an ugly past finds it has come back to haunt her just as she’s found new love in this thriller. When she was a college student, Ji-Suk suffered through a traumatic incident in which she was kidnapped by a criminal named Sang-Kuk, who raped her, got her pregnant and murdered her husband. Years later, Ji-Suk, who inherited her wealthy husband’s fortune, is now a well known fashion designer, and while returning home from a family funeral, she’s confronted by an angry and aggressive man. A gallant stranger named Young-Il comes to Ji-Suk’s rescue; she is grateful to Young-Il for his help, and as they get to know one another the two fall in love. Ji-Suk feels a safety and contentment with Young-Il she hasn’t known for many years, but her serenity proves short-lived when Sang-Kuk is released from prison. —answers.com

Director

Lee Man-hee

Director Lee Man-hee was born in Hawangsimni-dong Seoul, in 1931, the youngest of 8 children. He participated in the Korean War deciphering enemy codes and duringthe years between 1956 and 1961, he worked as an assistant director under the directors Ahn Jong-hwa, Park Gu and Kim Myeong-je. He made his directorial debut in 1961 with Kaleidoscope (Jumadeung) with the support of Kim Seung-ho, one of the most famous actors of the era. Afterward, he proved that he could make movies that were commercially successful with Call 112 (112reul Dollyeora) (1962). He opened a new age of Korean noir and horror with Black Hair (Geomeun Meori) (1964) and The Devil’s Stairway (Mauigyedan) (1964). He also opened up new possibilities in Korean art films with Full Autumn (Manchu) (1966)and continued on this stylistic path with Homebound (Gwiro) (1967) and Holiday (Hyuil). With the decline of the Korean movie industry in the 1970s, he received fewer and fewer opportunities to make movies and this coincided… read more