Half Man and Half Beast

Overview

While studying wild ginseng, a botanist Choi Kwang-Ho goes to the mountain, believing that people in the southern part grow wild ginseng, living almost primitive lives a like half man and half beast and leading wolves like dogs. From that time, nothing has been heard. Thirty years later, Choi Ji-Wung finds out his father Choi Kwang-Ho, but thirty years isolated period makes Kwang-Ho leave forever the mundane world contaminated with pollution. With wolves and southern people, the father goes back to the mountain, and the son climbs down the mountain looking at his father's back.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

May 23, 1975

Original language

Korean

Spoken languages

Korean

Countries

South Korea

Production

Hanjin Enterprises Company

Cast

Yun Hui,You Young-kook,Kim Wun-ha

Director

Kim Ki

Writer

Gwon Yeong-sun

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0315256