Chun Hui

Chun Hui

1959 · ★ 9.0 · Romance, Drama

A young man is in love with a waitress, but his father opposes their relationship. The father approaches the waitress telling her that if she truly loved his son, she would abandon him. She submits to the father's wish, though she is dying from tuberculosis.

Directed by Shin Sang-ok

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