''Mayumi'' () also known as ''Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist'' is a 1990 South Korean film directed by
Shin Sang-ok
Shin Sang-ok ( ko, 신상옥; born Shin Tae-seo; October 11, 1926 – April 11, 2006) was a South Korean filmmaker with more than 100 producer and 70 director credits to his name. His best-known films were made in the 1950s and 60s, many of them ...
based on the bombing of
Korean Air Flight 858
Korean Air Flight 858 was a scheduled international passenger flight between Baghdad, Iraq, and Seoul, South Korea. On 29 November 1987, the aircraft flying that route exploded in mid-air upon the detonation of a bomb planted inside an overhead ...
. The film was selected as the South Korean entry for the
Best Foreign Language Film
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Best Actor/Best Actress
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at the
63rd Academy Awards
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, but it was not accepted as a nominee.
Plot
Two North Korean agents, carrying Japanese passports bearing the names "Shinichi" and "Mayumi", plan to blow up a
Seoul-bound plane in mid-air. They are diverted to another plane after they have planted the bomb. When the plane crashes, killing all on board, the two plan to commit suicide. The man succeeds, but the woman is saved through medical intervention. When she witnesses the suffering of the surviving families of the bombing victims, she begs to be executed, believing it is the only fitting punishment for her actions.
[
The film is based on the life of ]Kim Hyon Hui
Kim Hyon-hui ( ko, 김현희, born 27 January 1962), also known as Ok Hwa, is a North Korean former agent, responsible for the Korean Air Flight 858 bombing in 1987, which killed 115 people. She was arrested in Bahrain following the bombing a ...
, a North Korean agent whose Japanese teacher was Yaeko Taguchi, a Japanese abductee; she was paroled in 1998, and 12 years later she met Yaeko's son Kochi and told him that his mother was still alive.
Cast
* Kim Sora (Kim Seo-ra) as Mayumi[
*Lee Hak-jae: Shin'ichi
*Shin Seong-il
*]George Kennedy
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as Ian Henderson Ian Henderson may refer to:
*Ian Henderson (footballer) (born 1985), English footballer for Rochdale
* Ian Henderson (musician), New Zealand drummer
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*Ian Henderson (police office ...
*Reiko Oshida
Reiko Oshida (大信田礼子) is a Japanese actress and singer.
Early life
On September 15, 1948, Oshida was born in Kyoto City, Japan.
Career
Oshida's career started after winning the 1966 International Teen Princess pageant (held in Chica ...
as Yaeko Taguchi
*Yoon Il-bong
*Yoon Yang-ha
*Choi Jong-won
Choi Jong-won (born January 27, 1950) is a South Korean actor and politician. Choi began his acting career in theater, then made his screen debut in 1978 and became known as a veteran actor of stage, film and television of over forty years. He w ...
*Lee Ho-seong
*Choi Yun-seok
See also
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References
1990s Korean-language films
South Korean spy films
South Korean action thriller films
Films about terrorism in Asia
Spy films based on actual events
Films set on airplanes
Films about aviation accidents or incidents
Cold War spy films
Films set in North Korea
Films set in Seoul
Films set in Iraq
Films set in Bahrain
Films directed by Shin Sang-ok
Films set in 1987
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