''Potato'' () is a 1987 South Korean remake of a 1967 film with the same name, and the second adaptation of
Kim Dong-in's short novel.
Plot
Bok-nyeo is forced to marry a widower who is older than she is. After the marriage, she goes to work at a salt farm, where she is raped by her boss. Bok-nyeo decides to make money by changing her lifestyle. Later, she falls in love with a Chinese herbalist in Korea, Mr. Wang. Bok-nyeo becomes jealous when Mr. Wang gets married. She tries to kill Wang, but Mr. Wang kills Bok-nyeo and hides her body.
Cast
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Kang Soo-yeon
Kang Soo-yeon (; August 18, 1966 – May 7, 2022) was a South Korean actress. An internationally acclaimed star from the mid-1980s to the end of the 1990s, she is often honorifically nicknamed as Korea's "first world star".
Kang began her ac ...
as Bok-nyeo
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Kim In-moon
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Lee Dae-keun
Lee may refer to:
Name
Given name
* Lee (given name), a given name in English
Surname
* Chinese surnames romanized as Li or Lee:
** Li (surname 李) or Lee (Hanzi ), a common Chinese surname
** Li (surname 利) or Lee (Hanzi ), a Chinese s ...
as Mr. Wang
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Kim Hyeong-ja as Durene
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Choe In-suk
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Cho Ju-mi
References
External links
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South Korean drama films
1987 films
Remakes of South Korean films
Films set in the Joseon dynasty
Films about rape
Films based on Korean novels
Films directed by Byun Jang-ho
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