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Potato (film)

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Potato
Theatrical poster for
Hangul
감자
Hanja
Revised RomanizationGamja
McCune–ReischauerKamja
Directed byByun Jang-ho
Written byKim Ha-rim
Na Han-bong
Hong Jong-won
Lee Hee-woo
Produced byByun Jang-ho
StarringKang Soo-yeon
Kim In-moon
CinematographyJung Il-sung
Edited byPark Soon-duk
Music byLee Cheol-hyeok
Distributed byDae Jong Films Co., Ltd
Release date
  • March 1, 1987 (1987-03-01)
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Potato (Korean감자; RRGamja) is a 1987 South Korean remake of a 1967 film with the same name, and the second adaptation of Kim Dong-in's short novel.[1]

Plot

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Bok-nyeo is forced to marry a widower who is older than she is. After the marriage, she goes to work at a salt farm, where she is raped by her boss. Bok-nyeo decides to make money by changing her lifestyle. Later, she falls in love with a Chinese herbalist in Korea, Mr. Wang. Bok-nyeo becomes jealous when Mr. Wang gets married. She tries to kill Wang, but Mr. Wang kills Bok-nyeo and hides her body.

Cast

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References

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  1. ^ Paquet, Darcy. "Potato (1987) review". www.koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2016-02-01.
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