A Hometown in Heart

Feb 9, 1949

1h 17m

★ 7.4

Overview

An orphan left in the care of a Buddhist temple becomes attached to a young widow who arrives there to mourn her recently deceased son.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Dong Seo Films

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Cast

Do-seong

Yu Min

Widow

Choi Eun-hee

Chief Monk

Byeon Gi-jong

Widow's Mother

Seok Geum-seong

Jo Seong-mo

Kim Sun-young

Hwang Seon-dal

Choi Woon-bong

Temple Cook

Nam Seung-min

Temple Worker

Yeo Heon-yong

Jin-su

Cha Geun-su

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