The Evil Stairs (Korean마의 계단; also known as The Devil's Stairway) is a 1964 South Korean mystery film directed by Lee Man-hee.

The Evil Stairs
Poster to The Evil Stairs (1964)
Hangul
마의 계단
Hanja
Revised RomanizationMaui Gyedan
McCune–ReischauerMaŭi Kyedan
Directed byLee Man-hee[1]
Written byLee Jong-taek
Produced byU Gi-dong
StarringKim Jin-kyu
Moon Jung-suk
CinematographySeo Jeong-min
Edited byKim Hee-su
Distributed bySeki Trading Co.
Release date
  • July 10, 1964 (1964-07-10)
Running time
108 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Synopsis edit

A chief surgeon kills the nurse with whom he is having an affair after he becomes engaged to be married to the hospital director's daughter. After disposing of the nurse's body in a lake, he becomes tormented by her spirit, and in a confused mental state, kills his fiancée.[2]

Cast edit

  • Kim Jin-kyu as Hyeon Gwang-ho
  • Moon Jung-suk as Nam Jin-suk
  • Bang Seong-ja as O Jeong-ja
  • Jeong Ae-ran
  • Choi Nam-Hyun
  • Yu Gye-seon
  • Jo Hang
  • Kim Ung
  • Jeong Cheol
  • Ji Bang-yeol

References edit

  1. ^ Infobox data from "The Devil's Stairway (1964)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-12-20. and Maeui gyedan (1964) at IMDb  
  2. ^ Synopsis from "The Devil's Stairway (1964)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-12-20.

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