고려장 (1963)

Title: Goryeojang

Original Title: 고려장

Release Date: 1963-03-15

Status: Released

Rating: 7.2/10 (from 9 votes)

Language: KO

Genres: Drama

Production Companies: Korea Art Films

Prior to the adoption of Confucianism, it was the tradition to abandon one's parents on a mountainside if they were over 70 years of age. In the ancient kingdom of Goryeo, now modern Korea, a nobleman defies this tradition when he refuses to leave his mother to starve to death.