Colin Marshall analyzes the film adaptation of the ever-popular Korean YA story "The Shower."
A Beloved Children’s Story Turned Psychedelic Rural Reverie: Go Yeong-nam’s The Shower (1978)

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Colin Marshall analyzes the film adaptation of the ever-popular Korean YA story "The Shower."
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"Even when transplanted to the other side of the world, it seems, a man from an island not known for its pleasant weather will seek out more of the same."