Starting Point
1969, Korean. Directed by Kim Soo-yong.
Sang-hun, a painter, and Yeong-hun, a doctor, are brothers. Sang-hun's girlfriend left him for another man, and he draws her portrait everyday. Yeong-hun, the older of the two, makes a medical mistake, and his young patient dies. Because of the guilty conscience, he abandons the career as a doctor and devotes himself to writing a novel. However, the brothers have high self-esteem and finally overcome their weaknesses to make a fresh start.
- Runtime
- 1h 17m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Korean
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- Released
- 2 February 1969
- Original title
- 시발점
- Country
- South Korea
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Who directed Starting Point?
Starting Point (1969) was directed by Kim Soo-yong and stars Shin Seong-il, Nam Jeong-im, Lee Soon-jae.