Failan

Failan (파이란 Pairan) is a 2001 South Korean film written and directed by Song Hae-seong. The film was adapted from a Japanese novel by Jiro Asada. It stars Choi Min-sik and Hong Kong actress Cecilia Cheung. A Chinese woman named Failan comes to Korea after the death of her parents in search of her remaining family. Finding they have immigrated to Canada, she arranges a fake marriage to obtain a work permit in order to stay in the country. Though tricked and pressured toward working as a prostitute, Failan escapes this situation to work for an old woman at a laundromat. Tragically, it isn't long before Failan becomes fatally ill. Meanwhile, her legal husband, a low-level gangster, deals with his own troubles. He dreams of returning to his...