A Hometown in Heart

A widower’s quiet temple life unravels when a grieving young widow stays to watch an orphaned boy he’s raised leaks into his heart. The monk and widow trade silence for solace in post-war Korea. A small story of two broken people stitching each other back together.

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Yoon Yong-gyu directed A Hometown in Heart in 1949. See Yoon Yong-gyu's full filmography, where to start with Yoon Yong-gyu, or where to go after you've seen everything by Yoon Yong-gyu.

A Hometown in Heart was released in 1949 (KO original-language production), with a runtime of 77 minutes.