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8.3
/10
43 Ratings

BURYING OLD ALIVE

고려장 | Goryeojang

Directed by Kim Ki-young
South Korea, 1963
Drama
  • 110110 minutes

Synopsis

A nobleman refuses to leave his mother to starve to death, a tradition of abandoning one’s parents on a mountainside if they were over 70 years of age.
The 3rd and 6th reels exist only as a soundtrack and are screened against a black background with sound only.

Synopsis

A nobleman refuses to leave his mother to starve to death, a tradition of abandoning one’s parents on a mountainside if they were over 70 years of age.
The 3rd and 6th reels exist only as a soundtrack and are screened against a black background with sound only.