Sweet Dream
1936 · 47 min · ★ 5.7 · Drama
Middle-class housewife Ae-soon is excessively vain and neglectful of her duties as a homemaker. Unable to tolerate her any longer, Ae-soon's husband kicks her out, and she leaves him and their daughter Jeong-hee to take up with her lover in a hotel.
Directed by Yang Ju-nam · Written by Choi Dok-boong
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Mun Ye-bong Ae-soon - S Seon-ok Yu Jeong-hee
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Ung Na Gong Seung-ok -
Yim Woon-hak Yoon Byung-ha - T Taek-won Jo Dancer
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Kim Han Gang Chang-geon -
Geum-ryong Lee Husband
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