Characters & Themes
Downfall (1997) Characters, Setting & Themes Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1997 · 105 mins · Korean
- Directed by
- Im Kwon-taek
- Starring
- Kim Soo-mi, Shin Eun-kyung, Ahn Byeong-kyeong, Park Gil-su, Kim Ji-eun, Choi Dong-joon
When a naive young woman is lured to a remote village under the promise of delivering drinks to a local store, she is instead forced into prostitution. Quickly she is thrust into Korea’s bleak red‑light districts, confronting the brutal exploitation of pimps and a society that profits from her misery.
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