Sa Bangji (film)

Sa Bang-ji is a 1988 South Korean film directed by Song Kyung-shik. The film was inspired by the real life Sa Bangji, an intersex person of the Joseon Dynasty.

Plot
Sa Bangji is a hermaphrodite, born to a hardened criminal and mentally disturbed woman. Taken in at a monastery, Sa Bang-ji meets and falls in love with a grieving young widow, Lee So-sa, but she betrays him when their relationship is discovered by the elders in her family. Sa Bang-ji manages to escape and meets a shaman priestess named Myo-hwa, with whom he plots to take revenge. After Myo-hwa is killed, Sa Bang-ji and So-sa are reunited, but then Sa Bang-Ji is captured and killed and So-sa commits suicide.

Cast

 * Lee Hye-young
 * Bang Hee
 * Kwak Jung-hee
 * Park Am
 * Lee Kyoung-hee
 * Jo Seong-geun
 * Cho Ju-mi
 * Han Young-su
 * Lee Young-gil