Water Lady | |||||||||||||||
Director: | Kim Ki-young[1] | ||||||||||||||
Producer: | Kim Ki-young | ||||||||||||||
Starring: | Kim Ja-ok Lee Hwa-si | ||||||||||||||
Music: | Han Sang-ki | ||||||||||||||
Cinematography: | Kim Deok-jin | ||||||||||||||
Editing: | Hyeon Dong-chun | ||||||||||||||
Distributor: | Shin Han Literary Art Movie Co. | ||||||||||||||
Runtime: | 117 minutes | ||||||||||||||
Country: | South Korea | ||||||||||||||
Language: | Korean | ||||||||||||||
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Water Lady is a 1979 South Korean film written, produced and directed by Kim Ki-young. In 2019, the film was screened at the 23rd Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival.[2]
A literary drama telling the story of Jin-seok, a Korean veteran of the Vietnam War, and his marital life. His wife Sun-ok, runs a company that makes goods from bamboo. Her habitual stutter is passed on to their son. Jin-seok has an affair with Chu-wol, a femme fatale who schemes to ruin his family. Jin-seok manages to escape the bad influence of Chu-wol, and his son's stutter is cured.[1]