Water Lady (Korean수녀; RRSunyeo) is a 1979 South Korean film written, produced and directed by Kim Ki-young. In 2019, the film was screened at the 23rd Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival.[2]

Water Lady
Poster for Water Lady (1979)
Hangul
수녀
Hanja
水女
Revised RomanizationSusyeo
McCune–ReischauerSunyŏ
Directed byKim Ki-young[1]
Written byKim Ki-young
Produced byKim Ki-young
StarringKim Ja-ok
Lee Hwa-si
CinematographyKim Deok-jin
Edited byHyeon Dong-chun
Music byHan Sang-ki
Distributed byShin Han Literary Art Movie Co.
Release date
  • April 21, 1979 (1979-04-21)
Running time
117 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Plot

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A literary drama telling the story of Jin-seok, a Korean veteran of the Vietnam War, and his marital life. His wife Sun-ok, runs a company that makes goods from bamboo. Her habitual stutter is passed on to their son. Jin-seok has an affair with Chu-wol, a femme fatale who schemes to ruin his family. Jin-seok manages to escape the bad influence of Chu-wol, and his son's stutter is cured.[1]

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Woman of Water (Sunyeo) (1979)". Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  2. ^ "Korean Film 100 years-A Crazy Chronicle of Korean Genre Cinema". Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival. Retrieved 2021-07-06.

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