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The Blazing Sun

The Blazing Sun

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 1, 1985

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Drama

User Score

54%

Original Title

땡볕

Production Companies

Hwacheon Films, Hwacheon Trading

Director

Ha Myeong-jung

Description

Chun-ho and his wife Sun-hie wander Korea in search of a way to make a living under Japanese colonial occupation. They settle in a mining village where Sun-hie is forced to put up with her husband's gambling and beatings. Eventually he forces her to go to a loanshark so he can get enough money to run away with a prostitute.