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Movie: Flower Island
Revised romanization: Ggot seom
Hangul: 꽃섬
Director: Song Il-Gon
Writer: Song Il-Gon
Producer: Ahn Hun-Chan, Jang Yun-Hyeon
Cinematographer Kim Myung-Joon, Yeo Cheo-Su, Park Yeong-Jun
Release Date: November 21, 2001
Runtime: 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Road / Women
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

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17 year old Hye-Na (Kim Hye-Na) has a self-induced abortion in a public restroom. She emabarks on a trip to find her long lost mother. At the bus station, Hye-Na meets middle-aged woman Oak-Nam (Seo Ju-Hie). Oak-Nam has been abandoned by her husband after he discovered that she slept with an elderly man for money. Oak-Nam is now seeking to find "Flower Island". Hye-Na decides to join Oak-Nam on her trip. The two woman then come across Yu-Jin (Lim Yu-Jin), a former opera singer now stricken with cancer. The three woman trek together to discover the mythical "Flower Island" - a place where people can forget all their sorrows ...

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Director Song Il-Gon first made a one minute film titled "Flush" for the video exhibition "Media City Seoul 2000". That short film depicted a teenage girl's abortion in a public restroom. Song Il-Gon then expanded that short film into the feature length film "Flower Island".