Jiokhwa (2012)

Name: Jiokhwa
Genre: Drama
Released: 2018-03-20T19:25:17+01:00
Rating: 1
Cast: Tae-Hee Won, Sang-woo Lee, Seung-min Cha

Drama | 99 minutes

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Genre: Drama

Duration: 99 minuten

Alternative title: Fire in Hell

Country: South Korea / Philippines

Directed by: Sang-woo Lee

Starst: Won Tae-hee, Sang-woo Lee and Kim Hun

IMDb score: 4,9 (21)

Releasedate: 27 June 2012

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Jiokhwa plot

Ji-wol, a Buddhist monk, is expelled from his order after having an inappropriate affair with a female fellow believer. On his way home he meets Yeon-soo drinking lonely in a bar. In a fit of madness by newly discovered desires, he rapes and murders Yeon-soo. After his actions, out of guilt, he decides to take Yeon-soo's ashes to her family who lives in the Philippines. Once there, he meets Yeon-soo's twin sister Yeon-hwa and falls in love with her.