Sa Bangji
Encyclopedia
Sa Bang-ji is a 1988 South Korean film directed by Song Kyung-shik.
, 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 they both decide to commit suicide when their relationship is put under scrutiny.
Plot
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, 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 they both decide to commit suicide when their relationship is put under scrutiny.
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