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Birdcage Inn (1998)
Paran daemun (original title)

105 min  -  Drama   -  31 October 1998 (South Korea)
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Streetwise Jin-a moves into a boarding house run by a small, close-knit family. But her unacceptable behavior threatens to destroy them all.

Director:

Ki-duk Kim

Writers:

Jeong-min Seo, Ki-duk Kim

Stars:

Ji-eun Lee, Hae-eun Lee and Jae-mo Ahn
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Cast overview:
Ji-eun Lee Ji-eun Lee ...
Jin-a
Hae-eun Lee Hae-eun Lee ...
Hye-mi
Jae-mo Ahn Jae-mo Ahn ...
Hyun-woo
Hyeong-gi Jeong Hyeong-gi Jeong ...
Gecko
Min-seok Son Min-seok Son ...
Jin-ho
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With a red-light district in Seoul being demolished, the residents there find they have to relocate. Jin-a opts to leave Seoul and heads to the eastern city of Pohang. There she takes up residence in a boarding house run by a small family. Besides the parents, there is a daughter attending university and a son in high school. At first Jin-a is very happy there, however she continues to sell her body driving her into confrontation with the repressed daughter, Hye-mi. Things go from bad to worse when Jin-a meets Hye-mi's boyfriend... Written by Thomas Giammarco <giammarcoken@hanmail.net>  

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South Korea

Language:

Korean

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