“The Wedding Day” is a recreation of “A Happy Day of Jinsa Maeng”, a comical play by Oh Yeong Jin. The first Korean film to win an international film award.
Master Maeng is very proud that an influential family will soon be his esteemed in-laws when his loving daughter, Gap Bun, marries their son Mi Eon.
A few days before the wedding Maeng hears a rumour that his future son-in-law has acripple leg. Regretting that he can’t give his lovely daughter to a cripple, he decides to marry his maid Ip Bun to him instead. Unexpectedly the future son-in-law shows up at the wedding hall and he is not a cripple, but a healthy and handsome youth. Feeling embarrassed, there is no way but to wed the maid to him.
The Wedding Day
Director: Lee Byung Il
Release Date: Feb 11, 1957
Duration: 1 hr. 19 min.
Year: 1957
Country: South Korea
Native Title: 시집가는 날
Content Rating: G – All Ages
Alternative Titles: Shijibkaneun Nal, 시집 가는 날
Genre: Comedy, Historical, Romance
