Hwang Jin Yi

Hwang Jin Yi

6.7

Total votes: 5

Director: Bae Chang Ho

Screenwriter: Choi In Ho

Duration: 2 hr. 0 min.

Year: 1986

Country: South Korea

Native Title: 황진이

Content Rating: 15+ – Teens 15 or older

Alternative Titles: Hwang Jin I, Hwang Jin-ie

Genre: Drama, Historical, Melodrama, Romance

Synopsis

Jin Yi, daughter of magistrate Hwang, with both wits and beauty, is dumped the day before her wedding because of the Self-harm of a leather-shoe maker who had a crush on her. Shocked by the shoemaker’s death, Jin Yi becomes a gisaeng. Her fame as a gisaeng grows far and wide. Jin Yi meets and falls in love with Byuk Kye Su. However, Kye Su is selected to be the envoy ofthe Kingdom of Myung. When he leaves Jin Yi’s arms, she is stricken by feelings of betrayal and leaves to become a wanderer. Afterwards, Jin Yi meets the poor scholar Lee Saeng. She stays with him for a while but when she finds out that Lee Saeng is about to sell her to a vagabond clown group, Jin Yi follows the clown group willingly.

(Source: 한국고전영화 Korean Classic Film, Youtube)

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