Burying Old Alive

King Lear, but with filial piety. A Goryeo dynasty nobleman hides his elderly mother rather than abandon her to die, flouting a cruel custom. Kim Ki-young delivers a stark fable of shifting values.

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Kim Ki-young directed Burying Old Alive in 1963. See Kim Ki-young's full filmography, where to start with Kim Ki-young, or where to go after you've seen everything by Kim Ki-young.

Burying Old Alive was released in 1963 (KO original-language production), with a runtime of 110 minutes.