A Returned Man

A Returned Man — Plot

Park Nam-ho works at a Japanese pharmaceutical company and lives happily with his wife, Gyeong-hui, in a house filled with beautiful white roses. Not long after hearing the wonderful news that his wife is pregnant, Park Nam-ho is drafted into the war in the Pacific. Posted in the Gwandong army, he survives the battle, though his face is burned. Back home, Gyeong-hui receives a telegram stating that her husband is dead. When she gives birth to their son, Cheol-soo, she goes to live in Seoul. When Nam-woo comes back to the country, he doesn't go to his wife, but rather goes to live in his hometown. On his way home, he encounters a child whose mother is dead, and takes her in as his own daughter.

• Release date
• October 14, 1960
• Runtime
• 100 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Kim Soo-yong

A Returned Man — Cast

Choi Eun-hee Gyeong-hui Kim Jin-kyu Park Nam-ho Um Aing-ran Pyeong-seok [Nam-ho's daughter] Heo Chang-kang Jung Do-yeong Lee Bin-hwa Yoon-hui Nam Yang-il Cheol-soo [Gyeong-hui's son] Park Gyeong-ju [Old Chinese man] Han Eun-jin [Aunt]