Format:
2 DVD-Videos (140 Min.)
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farbig
Uniform Title:
Shin Dong-hun animation collection
Content:
This collection includes popular cartoonist Shin Dong Hun's famous animated films "A Story of Hong Gil Dong" and the sequel "Hopi and Chadol Bawi". Published in 1967, "A Story of Hong Gil Dong" is Korea's first feature-length animation based on his brother Shin Dong Woo's serial comic "The Legend of Hong Gil Dong". Hong Gil Dong is a Joseon folk hero who stole from the rich to feed the poor. To control him, the government made him the War Minister. To create a better world, Hong sets forth to the foreign nation of Yuldo and becomes the king. In the same year, Shin Dong Hun launched the follow-up "Hopi and Chadol Bawi", which features two characters from "A Story of Hong Gil Dong" as the protagonists. Screened at the Teheran Children's Film Festival in Iran and released in Thailand, "Hopi and Chadol Bawi" was the first Korean animated film to be shown overseas. The story revolves around sword master Hopi and Chadolbawi who collaborate to fight against corrupt officials and robbers. [www.yesasia.com]
Content:
"A Story of Hong Gil-dong" was an important part of South Korean cinema history but unfortunately was forgotten for a 40 year period as the original Korean film prints were lost and only soundtrack elements survived. It was in 2008 that two film prints were discovered in Japan - one in Kobe and one in Tokyo. They were both 16mm prints that were dubbed in Japanese and added Japanese credit sequences. The Japanese print was resynched to the Korean language soundtrack and a new 35mm element was created. The new master was restored in 2K and now has been given new life by the Korean Film Archive for future generations to see the long lost film. [www.dvdcompare.net]
Note:
〈〈A〉〉 Story of Hong Gil-dong [Hong Kil-dong] (1967)
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Hopi and Chadol Bawi (1967)
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korean. / UT: engl. ; japan. ; korean.
Language:
Korean
Keywords:
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