The Hand of Fate (1954) | 운명의 손 (1954)

Margaret, a.k.a. Jeong-ae (Yoon In-ja), is a bar girl and a spy from North Korea. One day, she helps out a college student named Shin Yeong-cheol (Lee Hyang), who has been accused of stealing. Feeling an inexplicable attraction to Yeong-cheol, she takes him home and gives him food and medical attention before sending him on his way. When she runs into him again at the docks, where he has a job unloading cargo, she shows him favor by buying him clothes and shoes, and subtly intimates her feelings for him. They enjoy a period of happiness as lovers, but all the while, Margaret is torn between her identity as a spy and her love for Yeong-cheol. One night, after consummating their love, Margaret learns from Yeong-cheol's ID card that he is a captain in the anti-espionage squad. Traumatized, Margaret purposely avoids Yeong-cheol, and he is tormented by her refusal to see him. Then, Yeong-cheol receives intelligence that a North Korean agent will make contact with a certain woman. He tails the spy, and the two get into a gunfight. Waiting at the rendezvous point, Margaret spots Yeong-cheol, who has come to capture her and her contact, and hides herself. Park (Joo Seon-tae), the leader of the spy cell, decides to use Margaret to eliminate Yeong-cheol. Despite her deep reluctance, she is forced totake the assignment and lure Yeong-cheol. During the course of her attempt to trap Yeong-cheol, he discovers her true identity and feels betrayed, but ultimately resolves to die for the woman he loves. However, Margaret cannot bring herself to shoot him, and takes Park's bullet in his stead. Yeong-cheol kills Park after a prolonged duel. Already wounded from Park's gunshot, Margaret asks Yeong-cheol to let her die by his hand, and he weeps as he fires the fatal shot.

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