Ban Geum-ryeon (1981)
1h 30m
Running Time
March 13, 1981
Release Date
Ban Geum-ryeon (1981)
1h 30m
Running Time
March 13, 1981
Release Date
Plot.
Seo Mun-kyung, a merchant in ancient China where polygamy is legal, monopolizes the salt sales business. The magistrate of the province collapse families of Hwa Ja-heo and Hwang Mu-dae through Mun-kyung. When Ja-heo's wife Byung-ah fakes her death and disappears with Ja-heo, Seo is angered. But when he sees Mu-dae's wife Ban Geum-ryun, he is satisfied and this causes Mu-dae to end his own life. Geum-ryun makes Seo's concubines Chun-ae and Kyo-ah lose their sight and she takes Byung-ah to Seo. When Byung-ah has Seo's baby, antagonism and jealousy grows between the two women. Geum-ryun's jealousy kills Byung-ah's whole family and also kills Seo. Geum-ryun chooses to her husband in death.
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Release Date
March 13, 1981
Original Name
반금련
Status
Released
Running Time
1h 30m
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Wiki.
Ban Geum-ryeon (Korean: 반금련; also known as The Story of Pan Jinlian) is a 1982 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-young, based upon the 16th-century Chinese novel Jin Ping Mei. Filmed in 1975, the film was banned at the time, and 40 minutes of footage had been censored when it was finally released.