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 (수녀 Sunyeo) 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]