She'd rather die than surrender — and she might have to do both.
Wolmae is a gisaeng living in Namwon. Her daughter, Chun-hyang, is secretly engaged to marry Lee Mong-ryong. Lee leaves for Seoul with his father and the new governor, Byeon Hak-do, begins coveting Chun-hyang.
Acting
Kim Ji-mi's devastating, operatic suffering.
Direction
Hong Seong-ki's lush, theatrical compositions.
Costume
Vibrant hanbok against stark injustice.
Director
Hong Seong-ki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chun-hyang is Korea's most adapted folktale — this 1961 version preserves theatrical pansori influences in Kim Ji-mi's performance.
Director Hong Seong-ki shot this during a brief window of relative creative freedom before Park Chung-hee's stricter censorship tightened in 1962.
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