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Why a Cuckoo Cries is a film of genre Drama with Kim Ji-mee
Why a Cuckoo Cries (1967)
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Add to a movie listWhy the Cuckoo Cries (두견새 우는 사연 - Dugyeonsae uneun sayeon) is a 1967 South Korean film directed by Lee Kyu-woong.
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A horror melodrama about the daughter of a kisaeng who dies of a broken heart after her boyfriend's father rejects their marriage. The woman's ghost appears to haunt the boyfriend after he marries another woman.Actors
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