Setting Sun
1979, Korean. Directed by Lee Hyeong-pyo.
Dok-gu who has seen his son's family off to America lives alone, keeping a close relationship with Bok-rye who lives at an old people's home. Won also likes Bok-ye. Since he finds out his son cannot come back, he marries Bok-rye out of anger and Won falls into sickness. One day, Dok-gu has a stroke and Bok-rye takes care of him selling snacks on the street. His son offers to take him to America but he insists on staying with his wife. Won dies blaming Dok-gu for putting Bok-rye in such hardship. Dok-gu falls out of shock at the death of Won and dies.
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Korean
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- Released
- 13 May 1979
- Original title
- 낙조
- Country
- South Korea
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Setting Sun runs 110 minutes (1h 50m).
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Setting Sun isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 13 May 1979. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed Setting Sun?
Setting Sun (1979) was directed by Lee Hyeong-pyo and stars Park Nou-sik, Kim Shin-jae, Kim Hee-kap.