Chun-hyang, the daughter of a geisha in the Namwon region, and Lee Mong-ryong are engaged. When Lee Mong-ryong goes up to Seoul with his father, Byeon Hak-do, the newly appointed magistrate, attempts to take Chun-hyang.
If you have any patience for traditional folktales, you will probably dig The Story of Chun-hyang. If you need pacing that moves like a bullet train, stay away. This isn't a movie for people who check their phones every five minutes. The plot is simple. Girl meets boy, boy leaves, bad guy shows up to make everything m...
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"If you have any patience for traditional folktales, you will probably dig The Story of Chun-hyang. If you need pacing that moves like a bullet train, stay away. This isn't a movie for people who check their phones every five minutes. The plot is simple. Girl meets boy, boy leaves, bad guy shows up to make everything miserable. It is a story told a thousand times in a thousand ways, sort of like the romantic entanglements in Border Romance, but with way higher stakes for the heroine. Chun-hyang..."
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