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Terrible Women: Monsters and Villainess

Ieoh Island

KIM Ki-young

Korea1977110min 35mm B&W

Synopsis

Seon Woohyeon plans on developing a resort on Ieoh island. On the way to Ieoh island, reporter Cheon Namseok disappears from the boat and Woohyeon is suspected of murdering him. Woohyeon meets mysterious characters and encounters the truth.

Diretor

KIM Ki-young

After graduating from Seoul National University, he became a refugee in Busan in the Korean War. There, he worked as head scenario writer and producer at the film production company of the United States Information Service. This allowed him to become a director in 1955 with The Box of Death, the first synchronous recording film in Korea. He was a rare stylist who showed strong characteristics as a writer from the beginning.