Korean Classic Film: 지옥화 / The Flower in Hell (Ji-ok-hwa) - Restoration Version (1958)
지옥화 / The Flower in Hell (Ji-ok-hwa) - Restoration Version (1958)
Director : Shin Sang-Ok
Casts : Kim Hak, Choi Eun-Hee, Cho Hae-Won
SYNOPSIS : Living in a whores' village Young-sik (Kim Hak) and his company rob US military warehouses of goods and sell them on the black market. His younger brother Dong-sik (Jo Hae-won) comes up to Seoul to look for him. Running into his brother at a market, Young-sik takes him into the village. Dong-sik asks Young-sik to go down to their hometown where their mother awaits them, but Young-sik tells him to go ahead on his own. Young-sik proposes to Sonya (Choi Eun-hee) to go home with him and marry him once he had made his fortune. Meanwhile Sonya seduces Dong-sik one night at a dance party while Young-sik and his company are stealing goods. Sonya and Dong-sik have a good time by the riverside. Seeing them, Young-sik goes off to rob US delivery trucks of goods. In order to run away with Dong-sik, Sonya reports this to the Military Police. They chase him and Young-sik is under fire, but he escapes narrowly when a truck turns over. Young-sik stabs Sonya and asks Dong-sik to take care of their mother before he shoots himself. Dong-sik goes home with a prostitute Judy (Kang Seon-hee), who wishes to marry him.
