The Flower in Hell

Directed by Shin Sang-ok (신상옥)

Written by Lee Jung-sun (이정선)

86min | Release date in South Korea: 1958/04/20

Synopsis
Living in a whores' village Yeong-sik (Kim Hak) and his company rob US military warehouses of goods and sell them on the black market. His younger brother Dong-sik (Jo Hae-won) comes up to Seoul to look for him. Running into his brother at a market, Yeong-sik takes him into the village. Dong-sik asks Yeong-sik to go down to their hometown where their mother awaits them, but Yeong-sik tells him to go ahead on his own. Yeong-sik proposes to Sonya (Choi Eun-hee) to go home with him and marry him once he had made his fortune. Meanwhile Sonya seduces Dong-sik one night at a dance party while Yeong-sik and his company are stealing goods. Sonya and Dong-sik have a good time by the riverside. Seeing them, Yeong-sik goes off to rob US delivery trucks of goods. In order to run away with Dong-sik, Sonya reports this to the Military Police. They chase him and Yeong-sik is under fire, but he escapes narrowly when a truck turns over. Yeong-sik stabs Sonya and asks Dong-sik to take care of their mother before he shoots himself. Dong-sik goes home with a prostitute Judy (Kang Seon-hee), who wishes to marry him.