Who Knows the Pain
1979, Korean. Directed by Seol Tae-ho.
Seong Ji-yeon, a female officer of the North Korean army, is discovered by southern forces on a snow covered mountain. She suffers from severe frostbite so she is taken to a military hospital. There she falls in love with a doctor, Captain Lee. However, when he is sent to the front, she is sent to try to survive the hardships of a POW camp.
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Korean
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- Released
- 6 December 1979
- Original title
- 누가 이 아픔을
- Country
- South Korea
- Written by
- Song Gil-han
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Who Knows the Pain runs 91 minutes (1h 31m).
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Who Knows the Pain isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 December 1979. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Who Knows the Pain?
Who Knows the Pain (1979) was directed by Seol Tae-ho and stars Park Keun-hyong, Kim Young-ae, Lee Yeong-ju.