Mother and a Guest
1961 · Movie · 103 min. · South Korea
Ok-hui (Jeon Young-seon) lives with her grandmother (Han Eun-jin), her mother (Choi Eun-hee), and the maid (Do Kum-bong). People refer to their house as the "Widow House" because all three adult women who live there are widows. One day, a teacher named Mr. Han (Kim Jin-kyu), who is a friend of Ok-hui's uncle, moves into the house as a lodger. Never having known her late father, six-year-old Ok-hui takes to Mr. Han as if he were her real father. Ok-hui's mother and Mr. Han develop feelings for each other unbeknownst to prying eyes, and Ok-hui shuttles back and forth between them as their messenger of love. Mr. Han sends Ok-hui's mother a letter confessing his love for her, but she rejects him out of concern for her mother-in-law and Ok-hui, and Mr. Han departs for Seoul.
Direction Shin Sang-ok
Cast Kim Jin-kyu · Choi Eun-hee · Jeon Yeong-seon · Han Eun-jin · Do Geum-bong
Soundtrack Jeong Yun-ju
Screenplay Joo Yo-Seob
Cinematography Choi Su-Young
Original title Sarangbang sonnimgwa eomeoni (Mother and a Guest)
Also known as My Mother and Her Guest
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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