movie backdrop
Soil

Soil

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 25, 1978

Runtime

2h 5m

Genres

Drama

Original Title

Production Companies

Dong-a Export

Director

Kim Ki-young

Description

While working on a case with farmers, lawyer Heo Seung comes to believe that the rural development movement is the only lasting way to preserve the identity of the country. With conviction, Seung throws himself into the rural area. However, this position is against the Japanese occupation policies and eventually, even his wife, Yun Jung-sun, ends up leaving him. The Japanese judge Masaki Hiroshi determines that Seung's rural development activities are actually a rebellion against Japan. He has Seung imprisoned as an ideology criminal. After spending five years in jail, Seung returns to the country to see his wife, Jung-sun, continuing her husband's work and waiting for him.