Screenplay
Jeom-rye works as a sharecropper to make a living for her good-for-nothing husband and her son Yong. But the village men are always trying to seduce her. When she rebuffs her landlord's advances, she is wrongly accused by his wife and is forced to leave. Sam-su, the servant who is smitten with her, offers to lend her husband, Deok-hi, money for her affections. Deok-hi tries to sell her off to Sam-su but Jeom-rye gets him arrested for trafficking humans. Sam-su realizes Jeom-rye's sincerity and drops the charges and Deok-hi repents his ways only too late. He dies of an illness. When her son Yong dies from indigestion after eating rice cakes, she goes off the edge.
Director
추모가 한이 된 어머니의 기원으로 마을의 도화나무가 내린 축복과 저주를 한몸에 받고 태어난 도화는 3살때 음과 양의 이치를 터득한다. 성장과정에서 특이한 감각적인 모습으로 주위사람들을 놀라게 하며,도화의 숙명적인 오방살의 인생이 시작된다. 동네의 당골네로 부터 성에 관한 괴력을 지닌 여인이라는 판정을 받은 도화는 마을금기인 숫총각과의 접촉으로 재난을 불러일으켜 마을 전체를 폐허로 만든다.
Screenplay
추모가 한이 된 어머니의 기원으로 마을의 도화나무가 내린 축복과 저주를 한몸에 받고 태어난 도화는 3살때 음과 양의 이치를 터득한다. 성장과정에서 특이한 감각적인 모습으로 주위사람들을 놀라게 하며,도화의 숙명적인 오방살의 인생이 시작된다. 동네의 당골네로 부터 성에 관한 괴력을 지닌 여인이라는 판정을 받은 도화는 마을금기인 숫총각과의 접촉으로 재난을 불러일으켜 마을 전체를 폐허로 만든다.
Writer
In-chul, a scholar of botany, is climbing a mountain for some research when he meets Jin-suk who lives in a forest cottage. At the request of Jin-suk's father, Sang-do, In-chul stays and lives with them. One day, a snake catcher falls under the temptation of Sang-do and is used as a body for dissection. While probing dubious action of Sang-do, In-chul is captured and locked in the basement. He is to become the subject of a live dissection. In-chul had been suspicious of their behavior and investigating when he was caught. In-chul is lying on a surgery table when he escapes with the help of a young hiker and Jin-suk. Sang-do confesses that he had been suffering from nightmares ever since he was dragged off by the Japanese and forced to perform live dissections. These nightmares have made Sang-do a murderer. After his confession, Sang-do kills himself. In-chul and Jin-suk leave the cottage.
Screenplay
Disgusted with the behavior of his young step-mother, Sang-tae does a little digging into her past and discovers, among other things, that she may have killed her former lover.