Black Hair
- Original title
- Geomeun meori
- Year
- 1964
- Running time
- 108 min.
- Country
- South Korea
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Music
- Cinematography
Seo Jeong-min (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama. Film noir | Melodrama. Mafia. Prostitution
- Synopsis
- "Black Hair" Yeon-sil (Moon Jeong-suk) is the lover of crime boss Dong-il (Jang Dong-he). She pays off one of the boss's henchmen, Man-ho (Chae Rang), with whom she once had an affair; Man-ho is an opium addict, and he has been blackmailing Yeon-sil by threatening to disclose their past relations. When Dong-il finds out, he has one of his men severely disfigure Yeon-sil's face then casts her out, according to the rules of the organization. With nowhere to turn, Yeon-sil becomes a prostitute, but any money she earns is apt to be taken away by Man-ho. One day, she meets a wholesome taxi driver (Lee Dae-yub), who allows her to stay at his house. She goes to meet Dong-il, buthis men, fearing that their boss might be weakend by his feelings for his former lover, decide to kill her off and force her into a car. The taxi driver, who happens to be following them, rescues Yeon-sil just as she is about to be killed, and helps her to get plastic surgery on her face. Meanwhile, Dong-il is unable to forget Yeon-sil. He goes against the rules of the organization by meeting Yeon-sil again and spending the night with her. He confesses his actions to his men and orders them to punish him for violating the rules. As Dong-il and his men are fighting to the death, the taxi driver appears on the scene and demands the beleaguered boss to hand over Yeon-sil.
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