Ok-i Makes a Judge Cry(1966)

movie - first aired/released 1966-06-13 - 100 min - audience 9.0

Drama, Crime

Directed by Im Kwon-taek

After her father, failed at stock investment and was shocked to death, a girl enters a textile factory and supports her family. But living on her small salary and repaying her father's debt is too difficult for her. In the end, she tries to kill herself together with her young brother. But only her brother dies, and she, who survives, stands at the bar guilty of patricide. She deserves the death penalty, but the court takes into consideration her circumstances and is generous enough to open up a new road for her to start again. A real-life story.