The Wedding Day

Nov 27, 1956

1h 19m

★ 6.0

Overview

Master Maeng is very proud that an influential family will soon be his esteemed in-laws when his loving daughter, Mi-yeon, marries their son. A few days before the wedding Maeng hears a rumor that his future son-in-law has a cripple leg. Regretting that he can't give his lovely daughter to a cripple, he decides to marry his maid to him instead. Unexpectedly the future son-in-law shows up at the wedding hall and he is not a cripple, but a healthy and handsome youth. Feeling embarrassed, there is no way but to wed the maid to him. The Wedding Day is a recreation of A Happy Day of Jinsa Maeng, a comical play by Oh Yeong Jin. The first Korean film to win an international film award, the Best Comedy Award at the 1957 edition of the Asian Film Festival (now Asia Pacific Film Festival).

Genres

Comedy

Drama

History

Production Companies

Dong-ah Motion Picture

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Cast

Maeng Jin-sa

Kim Seung-ho

Ip-bun

Jo Mi-ryeong

Gap-bun

Kim Yu-Hee

Mi-eon

Hyeon Choi

Park Cham-bong

Ji-man Ha

Maeng Hyo-won

Seo Wol-yeong

Sam-dol

Hwang Nam

Madam Maeng

Seok Geum-seong

Blind old man

Hae-cheon Song

Kim Myung-jung

Jeong Min

Ju Seon-tae

Mill owner

Kim Chil-seong

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