The Pure Love
1957, Korean. Directed by Han Hyeong-mo.
Choi Mun-seon (Seong So-min), a painter who lives alone on a beach, rescues drowning In-sun (Kim Ui-hyang). In-sun, a stewardess from Seoul, has more than platonic feelings for him, but he has no special feelings for her.Mun-seon meets Yun Myeong-hee who lived in his neighborhood 15 years ago. In order to help Myeong-hee's brother, Myeong-geun (Hyeon Sang-seob), who works for a magazine company, Mun-seon goes to Seoul. Myeong-hee and Mun-seon fall in love with each other. When In-sun meets Mun-seon in Seoul, she confesses her love for him, but he turns it down in a roundabout way.
- Runtime
- 1h 48m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Korean
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- Released
- 15 November 1957
- Original title
- 순애보
- Country
- South Korea
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The Pure Love runs 108 minutes (1h 48m).
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The Pure Love isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 15 November 1957. (Checked 12 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Pure Love?
The Pure Love (1957) was directed by Han Hyeong-mo and stars Seong So-min, Lee Bin-hwa, Kim Ui-hyang.