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 period.
Plot Sa Bangji is a hermaphrodite with both female and male genitalia, 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 her 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 she 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
References
External links
Sa Bangji at Korean Film Council (KOFIC)