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Genealogy

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Producing House

During the Japanese occupation of South Korea, a Japanese bureaucrat is ordered to persuade an influential Korean patriarch into obeying the law of changing his Korean surname to a Japanese one.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1979-09-14

Runtime: 107 mins

Director: Im Kwon-taek

Spoken language: 한국어/조선말

Genres: Drama

Original title: Genealogy

Production Companies: Hwacheon Trading

Production Countries: South Korea

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