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The country is occupied by the Japanese imperialists. Koppun is selling flowers at the market to get some money to buy medicine for her sick mother. Her brother is imprisoned, her father dead and her sister blind.
Top billed cast
Chon Sob HanOld Man- Yong Hui HongKoppun
- Ren Rin KimChol Yong
- So Am KoLandowner
- Hu Nam RuMother
- Pak Hwa SonSun Hui
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