UID:
kobvindex_ZLB15435063
Format:
1 DVD-Video (110 Min.) : s/w
Content:
The earliest film in the collection, Goryeojang features superb B&W lensing and outstanding performances. A woman arrives with her sole surviving son (Guryong) to a village in order to marry a man with ten sons by four previous marriages (yes, I'm not making this up!). The village is beset by recurring famines and has an unfortunate tradition of sending its elderly to the Sacred Peak to die (apparently, abstinence was not an option). The village shaman, scorned by the groom, places a curse on his ten sons. Shortly after their wedding, the sons play a cruel trick on Guryong and he is maimed for life. The woman leaves her husband to live with her son on a plot of land he has given her. The years go by, and the bitter rivalry between the ten sons intensifies when they learn of Guryong's impending wedding. Shortly after his wedding, tragedy strikes and he is alone again with his aging mother. Many more years pass when a prolonged drought pits the brothers, who own the sole well in the village, against Guryong, who has been using his supply of food to extort land from all the villagers. (Jon Pais, Twitch)
Note:
Orig.: Südkorea, 1963
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Extras: Commentary by Lee Yeon-ho (film critic) and Kim Dae-seung (director, Blood Rain). Directors on Kim Ki-young (Kim Hong-joon, 2006) 48 min.
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Two reels of film are lost and during seventeen minutes of the movie there is no image, only the soundtrack. The dialogue and missing scenes are provided in the accompanying booklet.
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Korean. mit engl., korean. und japan. Untertiteln
In:
Kim Ki-young collection : [DVD-Video], [Seoul], 2008, (2008)
Language:
Korean
Keywords:
Gim, Gi yeong
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Interview
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DVD-Video
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Gim, Gi yeong
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Kommentar
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DVD-Video
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Interview
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DVD-Video
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Kommentar
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Interview
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Kommentar
