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Goryeojang
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
|name = Goryeojang
|image = Koryojang.jpg
|caption = Poster to 'Goryeojang' (1963)
|director = Kim Ki-young
|producer = Kim Ki-young
|writer = Kim Ki-young
|starring = Kim Jin-kyu
Ju Jeung-ryu
|music = Han Sang-ki
|cinematography = Kim Deok-jin
|editing = Kim Ki-young
|distributor = Korea Art Films Co., Ltd
|released =
|runtime = 90 minutes
|country = South Korea
|language = Korean
|native_name =
}}
'Goryeojang' () is a 1963 South Korean drama film edited, written, produced and directed by Kim Ki-young.
Plot
The film tells the story of a poor farm-worker who, according to local tradition, must take his 70-year-old mother into the mountains to die. Deciding to break the custom, he instead returns home with his mother. The film has the similar subject as the Japanese films, 'The Ballad of Narayama' (1958) (Keisuke Kinoshita) and 'The Ballad of Narayama' (1983) (Shohei Imamura).
Cast
*Kim Jin-kyu
*Ju Jeung-ryu
*Kim Bo-ae
*Kim Dong-won
*Park Am
Release
In February 2012, Taewon Entertainment, in partnership with the Korean Film Archive, had released the film on DVD.
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