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The Widow

PARK Nam-ok

South Korea
1955
75min
15 +
DCP
b&w

Synopsis

Lee Sin-ja, living in exile with her daughter Ju, ekes out a living with the help of Lee Sung-jin, a friend of her passed away husband during the war. But while helping her, Lee’s sense of obligation becomes his love for her. Lee's wife, who notices this and interrogates him out of jealousy and hysteria, tries to fill the emptiness with a young man named Taek. The film was Park Nam-ok’s first and only feature.

Code	Time	Theater	Grade
Dear you, unrelated X The Widow120	2026-08-25 \| 20:30 - 22:35	MEGABOX Sinchon 8

Director

PARK Nam-ok

Born in 1923, Hayang, North Gyeongsang, Park Nam-ok is Korea’s first female director. After she dropped out of Ewha Women’s University, she worked as a reporter in Daegu. She first stepped into the film industry as an editor and script supervisor in Chosun movie film production company. Her debut film The Widow describes the realities and conflicts that post-war widows had to endure with keen insight. The film was favorably received thanks to the tricky angles only possible to a female director, and the tempo of events which were clear and likable.