Shadowless Pagoda (film)

Han Eun-jin (한은진) Shadowless Pagoda (Korean: 무영탑; Hanja: 無影塔; RR: Muyeongtap) is a 1957 South Korean film starring Choi Eun-hee (최은희) in the role of Guseul Agi (구슬아기), a free-spirited woman, and Kwak Geon (곽건) in the role of Asadal (아사달), the stonemason who created the Dabotap and Seokgatap pagodas of the Bulguksa temple.

At first sight, Guseul Agi falls in love with Asadal, the stonemason (played by Kwak Geon), whom she proactively pursues.

In the typical narrative of a melodrama, 'If a man helps a woman in trouble, it will inevitably develop into love.'

Meanwhile, Asanyeo, the Asadal's wife played by Han Eun-jin, runs to Seorabeol having waited three years for her husband.

Guseul Agi, in the meantime, is taken and burned at the stake when her father discovers she escaped 실행(失行) to a commoner.

As a result, Asadal carves a sculpture of the Buddha 화형(火刑) joining the images of the two women, water and fire, before drowning himself in the Shadow Pond.

[3] Situated on the left, the Seokgatap is associated with Sakyamuni (the Buddha from the present) and with yin and the subjective wisdom to realize the truth, symbolizing the brevity of spiritual ascent.

The other completes the stonemason's love story by placing the daughter of a Silla nobleman next to the mason Asadal.