Flame in the Valley

Directed by Kim Soo-yong (김수용)

Written by Shin Bong-seung (신봉승)

80min | Release date in South Korea: 1967/04/22

Synopsis
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. The drama is based on a novel.

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