The Flower Girl

The Flower Girl

1972 · 127 min · ★ 6.6 · Drama

The country is occupied by the Japanese imperialists. Koppun is selling flowers at the market to get some money to buy medicine for her sick mother. Her brother is imprisoned, her father dead and her sister blind.

Directed by Hak Pak · Written by Kim Il-sung

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