Chronicle of a Blood Merchant (film)
Chronicle of a Blood Merchant () is a 2015 South Korean film adaptation of the bestselling 1995 Chinese novel of the same title by Yu Hua. The film, set in 1950s Korea, was co-written and directed by Ha Jung-woo, and he also starred alongside Ha Ji-won. Plot. Set in a village right after the Korean War, poor but good-hearted Heo Sam-gwan sets out to win the most beautiful girl in the village, Heo Ok-ran, by selling his blood to earn money. Years later, the two are happily married with  three children, but their family undergoes a crisis when Sam-gwan's eldest son doesn't resemble him and rumors spread about the boy's paternity. Box office. The film opened on January 15, 2015, placing fourth at the South Korean box office. It grossed () from 582,000 admissions in its first five days. At the end of its theatrical run, it had a total gross of from 955,206 admissions.