Manshin: Ten Thousand Spirits
Mar 06 2014
•2h 50m
•Documentary, Drama
A life documentary of a woman who was shunned for being possessed by spirits as a girl, oppressed for following superstitions as an adult, how she grows to be a great shaman who embraces the pain of all people, and how she comes to be honored as a national treasure of Korea with her outstanding artistic talents throughout Korea's tumultuous history.
Cast
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Kim Keum-hwa
herself
Moon So-ri
Manshin (The middle-aged KIM Keum-hwa)
Ryu Hyun-kyung
New Manshin (17-year-old Kim Keum-hwa)
Kim Sae-ron
Neom-sae (Child Kim Keum-hwa)
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