Construction worker Young Dal (Beck Il Sub) befriends middle-aged former convict Jeong (Kim Jin Kyu) who is heading back to his hometown of Sampo after ten years away. Released posthumously in 1975, The Road to Sampo is a road film about three very different people who become companions by chance on the road. His most famous works include the psychological horror The Devil's Stairway (1964), the erotically charged romance Water Mill (1966), and Manchu (1966), which is being remade in 2010 by Kim Tae Yong with Hyun Bin and Tang Wei in the starring roles. Lauded as one of Korea's greatest filmmakers, yet virtually unknown both at home and abroad, Lee directed a wide range of features in his 14-year career but he is perhaps best known for war films and noir thrillers. Based on Hwang Seok Young's novel, the Korean classic The Road to Sampo is the last of the 50 films master director Lee Man Hee produced from 1961 to 1975.
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