Burying Old Alive

Burying Old Alive

90 mins | Drama | March 15, 1963

Prior to the adoption of Confucianism, it was the tradition to abandon one's parents on a mountainside if they were over 70 years of age. In the ancient kingdom of Goryeo, now modern Korea, a nobleman defies this tradition when he refuses to leave his mother to starve to death.

Burying Old Alive

90 mins | Drama | March 15, 1963

Burying Old Alive
Prior to the adoption of Confucianism, it was the tradition to abandon one's parents on a mountainside if they were over 70 years of age. In the ancient kingdom of Goryeo, now modern Korea, a nobleman defies this tradition when he refuses to leave his mother to starve to death.
IMDb rating 7.1
Producers Korea Art Films
Original title 고려장
Directors Kim Ki-young
Writers Kim Ki-young

Cast

Kim Jin-kyu

as Gu-ryeong

Ju Jeung-nyeo

as Widow

Kim Bo-ae

as Gat-nan

Kim Dong-won

as Jin-seok

Lee Yea-chun

as Park Chul

Park Am

as

Seol-bong Ko

as Biologist

Park Sang-ik

as Matchmaker

Eok Song

as Kyung-chul

Choi Sam

as Chil Bong

Jeon Ok

as Village Shaman