Why the Cuckoo Cries
1967 film
Why the Cuckoo Cries (Korean: 두견새 우는 사연) is a 1967 South Korean film directed by Lee Kyu-woong.
Synopsis
A horror melodrama about the daughter of a kisaeng who dies of a broken heart after her boyfriend's father rejects their marriage. The woman's ghost appears to haunt the boyfriend after he marries another woman.
Cast
Kim Ji-mee
Shin Seong-il
Hwang Jung-sun
Do Kum-bong
Kim Hyo-jin
Lee Nak-hoon
Han Eun-jin
Jeong Min
Joo Sun-tae
Gang Mi-ae
Ahn In-sook
References
External links
"Daum" 두견새 우는 사연 (in Korean). [www.daum.net]. Retrieved 2009-05-01.
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