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Flame in Valley is a film of genre Drama with Shin Seong-il
Flame in Valley (1967)
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Add to a movie listFlame in the Valley (산불 - Sanbul) is a 1967 South Korean film directed by Kim Soo-yong. It was awarded Best Film at the Blue Dragon Film Awards ceremony.
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In this melodrama, a man in a village in Jirisan hides a Communist soldier who has sneaked into the area. A widow, finding the soldier in the bamboo grove, visits him and carries on a sexual relationship with him. When she discovers she is pregnant, she commits suicide. When the villagers burn the woods to drive out remaining Communist guerillas, the man who has hidden the soldier perishes in an attempt to rescue him. It is also based on a novel.Actors
Shin Seong-il
(Gyu-bok)
Shin Young-kyun
(Kyu-bok)
Sunwoo Yong-nyeo
(Sa-wol)
Ju Jeung-ryu
(Jum-rye)
Do Kum-bong
(Sa-wol)
Yeo Woon-kay
(Yang)
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