Great Ambition
1987, Korean. Directed by Bae Hwa-Min.
Min-woo (played by Jeon Yeong-rok), who came to Hong Kong for business, has his bag stolen at the airport. And after the suspicious death of his friend Ho-jin, Min-woo is treated as a mentally ill person and is confined to a hotel. With the help of the branch manager's secretary, Miss Ho, he is confined to the hotel. With the help of the branch manager's secretary, Miss Ho, he challenges the suspicions about Ho-jin's death with the help of a beautiful Chinese woman named Hyang-ri. After Miss Ho is found dead, Min-woo confirms that Hyang-ri's dead lover, James, is the same person as Ho-jin. Min-woo, who was caught by the villain Chen while trying to save Hyang-ri's female soldier and drowned in the sea, is rescued and Ho-jin's body is recovered from the sea. It is finally revealed that CEO Jin was jealous of Ho-jin and Hyang-ri and had Chen kill Ho-jin. He chases CEO Jin as he runs away and destroys him. When Min-woo returns, love with Hyang-ri awaits him.
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- Released
- 6 June 1987
- Original title
- 대야망
- Country
- South Korea
- Written by
- Kim Se-ho
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Great Ambition (1987) was directed by Bae Hwa-Min and stars Jeon Young-rok, Hwang Hae, Jeong Bong-yeon.