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Woman (1968 Film)
''Woman'' ( 여 - ''Yeo'') is a 1968 three-part South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-young, Jung Jin-woo and Yu Hyun-mok. The film was based on ideas of Kim Ki-young's wife, Kim Yu-bong, and Kim directed the last third. Synopsis The film is a melodrama about a man who falls in love with a woman while traveling to Seoraksan. The man becomes infatuated with the woman's hair. The woman, who has a terminal illness, promises to leave her hair to the man after she has died. Later the man finds that the woman has died, and her hair has been sold to someone else. He then has a romantic relationship with another woman who turns out to be his mother. Cast * Shin Seong-il *Moon Hee *Kim Ji-mee Kim Ji-mee (born July 15, 1940) is a South Korean actress, producer, and film planner whose activity began in 1957. She was born in Daedeok, South Chungcheong province, Korea in 1940. While a student of Deokseong Girls' High School, Kim was cast ... * Choi Eun-hee References Bibliography * Exter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Ki-young
Kim Ki-young (October 10, 1919According to official documents, Kim was born in 1919. However, Kim insisted he was actually born in 1922. – February 5, 1998) was a South Korean film director, known for his intensely psychosexual and melodramatic horror films, often focusing on the psychology of their female characters. Kim was born in Seoul during the Korea under Japanese rule, colonial period, raised in Pyongyang, where he became interested in theater and cinema. In Korea after the end of World War II, he studied dentistry while becoming involved in the theater. During the Korean War, he made propaganda films for the United States Information Service. In 1955, he used discarded movie equipments to produce his first two films. With the success of these two films Kim formed his own production company and produced popular melodramas for the rest of the decade. Kim Ki-young's first expression of his mature style was in his ''The Housemaid (1960 film), The Housemaid'' (1960), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Korean Movie Database
The Korean Movie Database (KMDb) is a South Korean online database of information related to Korean movies, animation, actors, television shows, production crew personnel and other film-related information. KMDb launched in February 2006 by Korean Film Archive. While it was modeled after the American online commercial film archive, Internet Movie Database, the site is a public site. See also *Cinema of Korea *Allmovie *Filmweb *FindAnyFilm.com *Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is an American review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee, and Stephen Wang ... References External links Official Website [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jung Jin-woo
Jung Jin-woo (born January 17, 1938) is a South Korean film director and producer. Jung made his directorial debut with ''The Only Son'' (1963) at the age of 23, setting the Korean record for the youngest person to direct a movie. After finishing ''Early Rain'' (1966), one of the most famous teenage movies of the 1960s, he went on to direct ''The Ran's Elegy'' (1965), ''The Secret Meeting'' (1965), and ''The Student Boarder'' (1966), showcasing his superb skills as a film director. Selected filmography As director *''The Only Son'' (1963) *''The Secret Meeting'' (1965) *''The Ran's Elegy'' (1965) *''Early Rain'' (1966) *''The Student Boarder'' (1966) *''Gunsmoke'' (1966) *''The White Crow'' (1967) *''Cloud'' (1968) *''Woman'' (1968) *''Frozen Spring'' (1970) (also credited as producer) *''Oyster Village'' (1972) (also credited as producer) *'' Long Live the Island Frogs'' (1972) (also credited as producer) *''End of an Affair'' (1975) *''Adultery Tree'' (1985) (also credit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yu Hyun-mok
Yu Hyun-mok (July 2, 1925 – June 28, 2009) was a South Korean film director. Born in Sariwon, Hwanghae, Korea (North Korea today), he made his film debut in 1956 with ''Gyocharo'' (''Crossroads''). According to the website koreanfilm.org, his 1961 film ''Obaltan'' "has repeatedly been voted the best Korean film of all time in local critics' polls." Yu attended the San Francisco International Film Festival in 1963, where ''Variety'' called ''Obaltan'' a "remarkable film", and praised Yu's " illiantly detailed camera" and the film's "probing sympathy and rich characterizations." His dedication to the intellectual side of film and interest in using film to deal with social and political issues led him to have difficulties both with box-office-oriented producers, and with Korea's military government during the 1960s and 1970s. Korean critics have said his directing style is "in the tradition of the Italian Neorealists," yet "the terms 'modernist' or 'expressionistic' rejust a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Seung-ok
Kim Seungok (The romanization preferred by the author according to LTI Korea) (born December 1941) is a South Korean novelist and screenwriter. Biography Born in Osaka, Japan, Kim Seungok returned to Korea after its liberation in 1945. There, he was raised in Suncheon in Jeollanam-do where he graduated from Suncheon High School. In 1960, he studied French Literature at Seoul National University at a time that department and University were the center of intellectual discontent in Seoul. While at Seoul National University, Kim was a cartoonist for a Seoul newspaper and published his first major story at age 19 ("Practice for Life""). While a junior in 1962, Kim founded a literary Journal, The Age of Prose, and some of his first works were published there. Kim was an immediate literary success, a success that continued unabated until he was 25. His greatest success was "Seoul, Winter, 1964," a work that crystallized a Korean sense of loss and meaninglessness attendant to the ind ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hangul
The Korean alphabet, known as Hangul, . Hangul may also be written as following South Korea's standard Romanization. ( ) in South Korea and Chosŏn'gŭl in North Korea, is the modern official writing system for the Korean language. The letters for the five basic consonants reflect the shape of the speech organs used to pronounce them, and they are systematically modified to indicate phonetic features; similarly, the vowel letters are systematically modified for related sounds, making Hangul a featural writing system. It has been described as a syllabic alphabet as it combines the features of alphabetic and syllabic writing systems, although it is not necessarily an abugida. Hangul was created in 1443 CE by King Sejong the Great in an attempt to increase literacy by serving as a complement (or alternative) to the logographic Sino-Korean ''Hanja'', which had been used by Koreans as its primary script to write the Korean language since as early as the Gojoseon period (spanni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1968 In Film
The year 1968 in film involved some significant events, with the release of Stanley Kubrick's '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'', as well as two highly successful musical films, '' Funny Girl'' and '' Oliver!'', the former earning Barbra Streisand the Academy Award for Best Actress (an honour she shared with Katharine Hepburn for her role in ''The Lion in Winter'') and the latter winning both the Best Picture and Best Director awards. Top-grossing films (U.S.) The top ten 1968 released films by box office gross in North America are as follows: Events * November 1 – The MPAA's film rating system is introduced. Awards Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): canceled due to events of May 1968 Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival): :'' Die Artisten in der Zirkuskuppel: Ratlos'' (''Artists under the Big Top: Perplexed''), directed by Alexander Kluge, West Germany Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival): :''Ole dole doff'' (''Who Saw Him Die?''), directed by Jan Troell, Sweden Films releas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed by the Yellow Sea, while its eastern border is defined by the Sea of Japan. South Korea claims to be the sole legitimate government of the entire peninsula and List of islands of South Korea, adjacent islands. It has a Demographics of South Korea, population of 51.75 million, of which roughly half live in the Seoul Capital Area, the List of metropolitan areas by population, fourth most populous metropolitan area in the world. Other major cities include Incheon, Busan, and Daegu. The Korean Peninsula was inhabited as early as the Lower Paleolithic period. Its Gojoseon, first kingdom was noted in Chinese records in the early 7th century BCE. Following the unification of the Three Kingdoms of Korea into Unified Silla, Silla and Balhae in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seoraksan
Seoraksan is the highest mountain in the Taebaek mountain range in the Gangwon Province (South Korea), Gangwon Province in eastern South Korea. It is located in a national park near the city of Sokcho. After the Hallasan volcano on Jeju-do, Jeju Island and Jirisan in the south, Seoraksan is the third highest mountain in South Korea. The ''Daechongbong Peak'' (대청봉) of Seoraksan reaches 1,708 meters (5,603 feet). The mountain is sometimes considered the backbone of South Korea. Geography Seoraksan is divided into Naeseorak (Inner Seorak), Oaeseorak (Outer Seorak), and Namseorak (South Seorak). Naeseorak (Inner Seorak) The area belonging to Inje-gun in the northwest and Daecheongbong Peak is called Naeseolak, Naeseorak features various valley views including Baekdam Valley, Gaya-dong Valley, Gugokdam Valley, Gugokdam Valley, 12 Seonnyeondang, Daeseung Falls and Yongajangseong Fortress. In addition to Cheonbul-dong Valley, it is easy to access Ulsan Rock, Gwongeumseong F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shin Seong-il
Shin Seong-il (May 8, 1937 – November 4, 2018) was a South Korean actor, film director, producer, and former politician. A legendary actor with 500 films in over 40 years, Shin debuted in director Shin Sang-ok's 1960 film ''A Romantic Papa'' and rose to fame through popular youth titles. A star in the 1960s and 1970s, however, his status as one of Korea's top actors extended well into the 1980s. Biography Shin's last film was ''Door to the Night'' in 2013. Filmography Director Planner Producer Awards * 1963 1st Blue Dragon Film Awards : Favorite Actor * 1964 2nd Blue Dragon Film Awards : Favorite Actor * 1965 3rd Blue Dragon Film Awards : Favorite Actor * 1966 4th Blue Dragon Film Awards : Favorite Actor * 1968 7th Grand Bell Awards : Best Actor for '' The Wings of Lee Sang'' * 1970 6th Baeksang Arts Awards : Favorite Film Actor * 1971 7th Baeksang Arts Awards : Favorite Film Actor * 1972 8th Baeksang Arts Awards : Best New Actor for play ''Spring, summer, fall, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moon Hee
Moon Hee (born July 16, 1947) is a South Korean actress active since 1965. She was born in Pusan, South Korea in 1947. While attending Seorabeol Art College with a film and theater major, Moon applied for recruiting new actors by KBS TV. When she was attending for a camera test, Moon was picked up by an assistant director of Lee Man-hee . Moon was cast to star in Lee's film ''Heukmaek''. Moon was commonly referred to as one of the "Troika" along with her rival actresses, Yoon Jeong-hee and Nam Jeong-im of the 1960s and early 1970s. Moon Hee retired from the acting career when she married Jang Gang-jae, the vice president of Hankook Ilbo in November 1971 who later became the chair of the newspaper company. Filmography *Note; the whole list is referenced. Awards * 1966, the 5th Grand Bell Awards : New Actress (흑맥) * 1967, the 3rd Baeksang Arts Awards : New Film Actress * 1968, the 7th Grand Bell Awards : Best Actress (카인의 후예) * 1968, the 4th Baeksang Arts Awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kim Ji-mee
Kim Ji-mee (born July 15, 1940) is a South Korean actress, producer, and film planner whose activity began in 1957. She was born in Daedeok, South Chungcheong province, Korea in 1940. While a student of Deokseong Girls' High School, Kim was cast to Kim Ki-young's film, ''Hwanghon yeolcha'' (황혼열차) in 1957. Kim has been commonly dubbed "Elizabeth Taylor of Korea" by the South Korean news media for her resemblance with the American actress' appearance and popularity as well as her many marriages and divorces. Filmography *Note; the whole list is referenced. Awards * 1965, the 3rd Blue Dragon Film Awards : Favorite Actress * 1966, the 4th Blue Dragon Film Awards : Favorite Actress * 1967, the 5th Blue Dragon Film Awards : Favorite Actress * 1969, the 5th Baeksang Arts Awards : Best Film Acting (대원군) * 1970, the 6th Baeksang Arts Awards : Favorite Film Actress selected by readers * 1970, the 7th Blue Dragon Film Awards : Best Actress (너의 이름은 여자) * 1971, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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