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Praise of Death is a film of genre Drama with Chang Mi-hee
Praise of Death (1991)
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Add to a movie listDeath Song (Hangul: 사의 찬미; hanja: 死의 讚美; RR: Saui Chanmi) is a 1991 South Korean film directed by Kim Ho-sun. It won multiple awards in the 1991 Chunsa Film Art Awards, including Best Film, the 1991 Blue Dragon Film Awards, again including Best Film, and the 1992 Grand Bell Awards.
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Yun Sim-deok, is a Korean woman studying singing at Tokyo University during the 1920s, where she falls in love with a married Korean man studying composition. They leave Japan together, returning to Korea by ship. However the closer they come to Korea, the closer they come to being parted; and they throw themselves overboard to be together in death.Actors
Chang Mi-hee
(Yoon Sim-deok)
Lee Geung-young
(Hong Nan-pa)
Kim Hye-ri
(Yoon Seong-deok)
Jo Min-ki
(Hong Hae-sung)
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