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1964 · 116 mins · Korean
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Directed by
Kim Kee-duk
Starring
Kim Ji-young, Shin Seong-il, Mun Mi-bong, Ji Bang-yeol, Yoon Il-bong, Twist Kim

Jo Doo‑soo, a gang member, intervenes when Joanna, a college student and diplomat’s daughter, is about to be robbed. She lives an upper‑class life; he drifts in the gang’s world. Their opposite backgrounds draw them together, and they fall in love. Joanna, a Christian, thinks if Doo‑soo abandons his criminal ways, he can become a new man.

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