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Korean Director's Cut

The Ball Shot by a Midget

Lee Won Sea

Korea1981 100min 35mm Color

Synopsis

A midget named Bull-I Kim lives in Happiness Village with his wife, his eldest son Young-soo working at a salt farm, second son Young-ho punching off his anguish of poverty and Young-hee, his daughter. The family is informed to move into another neighborhood due to the pollution of the sea they rely on for their livelihood. As a reward, they are given a house installment certificate, only to lose it to a real estate speculator, Park Woo-chul. Dirty seduction doesn't know where to stop: Young-hee follows Park to his house. She locates the certificate in Park's safe. At dawn, she runs back through the shambles of broken-down houses in Happiness Village to her house where her father's cold body awaits her.

Diretor

Lee Won Sea

He worked as a director and a writer at the same time, and in particularly known for prolificness. His representative works inclue The Lost Seeason (1971), A Crossroad (1972), Flower and Snake (1975), Rocking Horse and a Gril (1976), The World without Mom (1977), The Ball Short by a Midget (1981) and The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1982)