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The Flower Girl

1972 · 127 min

A solemn, heartfelt tale of hardship and resilience that moves slowly and asks for emotional investment.

Directed by: Choe Ik-gyu, Hak Pak
Genres: Drama
Starring: Chon Sob Han, Yong Hui Hong, Ren Rin Kim

Overview: The country is occupied by the Japanese imperialists. Koppun is selling flowers at the market to get some money to buy medicine for her sick mother. Her brother is imprisoned, her father dead and her sister blind.

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Directed by: Choe Ik-gyu, Hak Pak
Genres: Drama
Starring: Chon Sob Han, Yong Hui Hong, Ren Rin Kim

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Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 3 of 3
upliftingstrength 1 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: politics
family
survival
class
Places: small town
countryside
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore none
Language none
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	2
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Humour	1
Realism	7
Romance	0
Tension	4
Darkness	6
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama
Directed by: Choe Ik-gyu, Hak Pak
Written by: Kim Il-sung
Starring: Chon Sob Han, Yong Hui Hong, Ren Rin Kim, So Am Ko, Hu Nam Ru, Pak Hwa Son
Runtime: 127 min
Country: North Korea
Languages: Korean

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