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When a film starts with an intro like this "This story is an investigative record of the criminal acts of the South Labor Party, based on investigations at the army, prosecution, court s rulings and testimonies" which is preceded by a group of communists putting acetic acid in eggs to use as weapons, it is not easy to realize that the whole thing is going to be intensely propagandistic. At the same time, however, the genre effort here is so bad, that the whole thing ends up being cult. Let us take things from the beginning though, A Case of a College Girl Lee Nan-Hee of Special Investigation Center, An In-suk, Choi Moo-ryong, Jang Hyuk-I, Lee Dae-yub, Lee Hyang, Park Na-yeong, Seol Tae-ho
Functioning as a tribute to the titular area of Seoul, "Cruel History of Myeong Dong" brought together three directors, Byeon Jang-ho, Choe In-hyeon and Im Kwon-taek creating a film that could be described as an omnibus, but actually implements a continuation in its story, with the narrator, Heo Dal-soo, functioning as the connecting tissue, Cruel History of Myeong Dong, Byeon Jang-ho, Choe In-hyeon, Choi Moo-ryong, Heo Jang-kang, Im Kwon-taek, Jang Dong-hwi, Kim Hee-ra, Park Nou-sik, Yoon Jung-hee
Synopsis
Dong-sik and Myeong-ja are found dead near a poultry farm, with twelve stab wounds. The police, assuming that this is a robbery case, start investigation. One day Myeong-ja, comes to work for free at the farm, in order to marry well. Dong-sik, a songwriter, becomes close to Hye-suk who wants to be a singer. However Myeong-ja comes in between them, and gets pregnant with Dong-sik s child. When Dong-sik s wife Jeong-sook finds out about it, she forces her to have an abortion. Myeong-ja, in turn, poisons Dong-sik s son Chang-sun. Jeong-sook tries to kill Myeong-ja with rat poison, but is trapped by Myeong-ja and cornered.