Go Yeong-nam
1935 - 2003광염 소나타
Go Yeong-nam
Kim Myung-wu studies modern music in Germany and meets Ji-suk, a pianist. She disappears on the day of his recital to get money for her mother's treatment in hospital and no word from her for a month since. He sees through her mother's funeral when she's gone. When there's a fire in the village, Myung-wu witnesses Ji-suk playing piano at the church watching the flame. She sets a fire at a store she was trying to get the money from but the owner reported her. She blamed her mother's death on the store owner and revenged with the fire. She completes the Pyro-Sonata with help of Myung-wu hiding her from police.
Pyro-Sonata
설국
Go Yeong-nam
Kim Young-ae, Park Geun-hyung
In early spring, Sang-min comes to visit a village of hot springs and gets to know Eun-ja who attends the customers playing 'gayaguem' and end up sleeping together. The next winter, he revisits the village and make acquaintances with a woman, Ok-yub who is living in the same house with Eun-ja as an adopted daughter of the house owner. By the time he visits the village again after a year, Ok-yub's mom died. One day, there happened a fire in the barn, Eun-ja turns down Sang-min and jumps into the barn to rescue Ok-yub. He leaves the village.
The Land of Snow
여자여자
Go Yeong-nam
Oh Su-bi, Ahn So-Young
Hyun-il and his wife are returning from a fishing trip when they get into a car accident with a drunken man. They end up killing him. They meet with the dead man's wife, Su-jin, to come to an agreement. Su-jin demands their house so they make her to stay in their house temporarily. Mi-young's nerves are on edge due to Su-jin. Mi-young meets Jin, Su-jin's neighbor, and finds out that Su-jin was once a hostess. But Jin tries to rape Mi-young and she ends up killing him. This sends Mi-young over the edge and she is confined to a mental institution. Too late, Su-jin goes to Mi-young to ask for her forgiveness and then she leaves.
Women, Women
The Shower
Go Yeong-nam
Lee Yeong-sun, Jo Yun-suk
A sonagi is a brief but a heavy rain shower that starts suddenly, usually on a hot afternoon. In Hwang’s story, the rain shower symbolizes the short but heart-rending love between the boy and the girl. The story begins with the boy encountering the girl playing by the stream on his way back home. Although many of Hwang’s short stories are notable, “Rain Shower” is cited as his timeless Korean classic by Koreans. Koreans of all ages are acquainted with this story. It is famous for its poignant depiction of the Korean countryside and of innocent adolescent love. The picturesque scenes from this story stir nostalgia for many people.
The Shower
왕룡
Lo Lieh, Go Yeong-nam
Lo Lieh, Bobby Kim
Returning to his home after serving a prison term, Ma-Ryong gets angry because his wife became a whore. But he forgives her past and hands $100,000 which he got as a bonus from a secret mission he was to take, telling her to go to a remote place with his mother. In the meantime, Ma-Dae, a boss of Hong-Kong operating criminal organization, is negotiating with Sasaki in Japan for purchase of some firearms. Ma-Ryong is to execute this secret mission. With the Interpol's intervention, Ma-Ryong is to break up the Sasaki gang with Dae-Ho.
Deadly Kick
국제경찰
Go Yeong-nam
Bobby Kim, Lo Lieh
As two international policemen are killed during the investigation, the headquarters dispatches Bobby Kim to Hong-Kong. Joining Pa-Ryung who has already started the investigation, Bobby Kim meets his lover, Kyeong-Hee. But since the information is leaked out, Kyeong-Hee is suspected. In anguish, he gets out of the organization and becomes alcoholic. The communists try to use him, but everything is a plot planned by communists.
Interpol
꽃신
Go Yeong-nam
The owners of a flower shoe shop and a butcher shop are close neighbors. They tell their children of the beauty of flower shoes and make a living making flower shoes. But their livelihood is threatened by the supply of rubber shoes and leather shoes. The flower shoe maker Han sends his daughter Su-ya off to work as a live-in servant and refuses to give up his flower shoe production.
The Flower Shoe
