17 Sep 2021
The Starling
A woman adjusting to life after a loss contends with a feisty bird that's taken over her garden — and a husband who's struggling to find a way forward.
Birds
Dr. Yun, an elder ornithologist in North Korea, lost his eldest son in the war and lives with his grandchildren. Myeong-oh, the second son of Dr. Yoon, showed an unusual interest in birds from an early age. One day, he went to South Korea to observe black starlings, but he could not return and became a separated family. Yoon Myeong-oh, who became a famous ornithologist in South Korea, thinks that the North Korean ibis, which disappeared from South Korea during the study, marks it on the bird's ankle and sends it to North Korea, and asks a Japanese scholar for help. One day, while observing a black starling, his father, Dr. Yun, sees a dog tag on a bird's ankle and learns that it was put on by his son in South Korea.
Top Billed Cast
유원준 Dr. Yun
문예봉 Mother
조명선 Son
강상금 Sang-ok
리영성 Jeon-su
김준식 Yamanashi
량영희 Yoshiko
문정애 Kyung-ok
송만갑 Jun-bo
김련화 Gisuk
한복실 Yun-hee
최룡 Myung-o's son
최정희 Myung-o's daughter
정광남 Young Yamanashi
최수호 Young Hyong-gu
염명희 Young Mother
성철호 Policeman
김인삼 Deputy Technical Director
엄현희 Comrade Yoshiko
김은주 Restaurant Waitress
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