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Burying Old Alive
Burying Old Alive
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BURYING OLD ALIVE

Goryeojang

Directed by Kim Ki-young
South Korea, 1963
Drama

Synopsis

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. A nobleman defies this tradition when he refuses to leave his mother to starve to death.

Synopsis

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. A nobleman defies this tradition when he refuses to leave his mother to starve to death.