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Sa Bangji (film)

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{{Infobox film

| name = Sa Bangji

| image = Sa Bangji.jpg

| caption = Theatrical poster

| native_name =

| director = Song Kyung-shik

| producer = Jeong Jun-gyo

| writer = Chi Sang-hak
Ahn Tae-geun

| starring = Lee Hye-young
Bang Hee
Kwak Jung-hee
Park Am
Lee Kyoung-hee

| music = Kim Hyeon

| cinematography = Joo Hong-shik

| editing = Kim Hyeon

| studio = In Chang Films Co.

| distributor =

| released =

| runtime = 94 minutes

| country = South Korea

| language = Korean

| budget =

| gross =

}}

'Sa Bang-ji' is a 1988 South Korean film directed by Song Kyung-shik. The film was inspired by the real life Sa Bangji, an intersex person of the Joseon Dynasty.

Plot



Sa Bangji is a hermaphrodite, born to a hardened criminal and mentally disturbed woman. Taken in at a monastery, Sa Bang-ji meets and falls in love with a grieving young widow, Lee So-sa, but she betrays him when their relationship is discovered by the elders in her family. Sa Bang-ji manages to escape and meets a shaman priestess named Myo-hwa, with whom he plots to take revenge. After Myo-hwa is killed, Sa Bang-ji and So-sa are reunited, but then Sa Bang-Ji is captured and killed and So-sa commits suicide.

Cast



* Lee Hye-young

* Bang Hee

* Kwak Jung-hee

* Park Am

* Lee Kyoung-hee

* Jo Seong-geun

* Cho Ju-mi

* Han Young-su

* Lee Young-gil

References




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