| I Will Survive | |||||||||||||
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| Director: | Yoon Sam-yook | ||||||||||||
| Producer: | Yun Tae-yeong Lee Sang-woon Kim Se-chang | ||||||||||||
| Starring: | Lee Deok-hwa Lee Mi-yeon | ||||||||||||
| Music: | Lee Jong-sik | ||||||||||||
| Cinematography: | Son Hyeon-chae | ||||||||||||
| Editing: | Hyeon Dae-won | ||||||||||||
| Runtime: | 108 minutes | ||||||||||||
| Country: | South Korea | ||||||||||||
| Language: | Korean | ||||||||||||
I Will Survive is a 1993, South Korean historical drama film. It was entered into the 18th Moscow International Film Festival where Lee Deok-hwa won the award for Best Actor.[1]
Man-seok is an executioner from the butcher caste and therefore discriminated against. One day, he receives a request from a noble family that one of their condemned be executed without his head being cut off. Man-seok does as instructed, but when his payment is delivered by Sug-young, the daughter of the executed, he rapes her, motivated by his deep resentment against the ruling elite. Later, she is arrested and sold into slavery. Feeling guilty, Man-seok buys her freedom, and the two eventually fall in love and settle down to a peaceful married life. However, their happiness is threatened when they are involved in a conspiracy against the enemies of Sug-young's family.