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Dong-ho's Flashback. As a child, Dong-ho's mother, a widow, and Yu-bong, a widower and poor pansori singer, were sexually involved and eloped with Dong-ho and Song-hwa, his adopted daughter, to avoid scandal. The woman becomes pregnant with Yu-bong's child but both die from birth complications.
Plot. The specifically Korean tradition that is reclaimed in Sopyonje is the type of folk-song known as pansori, described as a musical sublimation of South-West Korea's collective grief and suffering - in other words, a kind of blues.
Apr 10, 1993 · Sopyonje: Directed by Im Kwon-taek. With Kim Myung-gon, Jung-hae Oh, Kim Kyu-chul, Sae-kil Shin. Despite its falling popularity, a father teaches his two children the Korean musical tradition of Pansori (one singer accompanied by one drummer).
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- Drama, Music
- Im Kwon-taek
- 1993-04-10
The first Korean film ever to draw over one million people to the theatres, “Sopyonje” swept the Korean Film Critic's Awards by winning best film, best director, best new actress, best cinematography, and best music.
Apr 10, 1993 · Directed by Im Kwon-taek (임권택) 112min | Release date in South Korea: 1993/04/10. Also known as "Seopyonje" and "Sopyonje". Synopsis. After a long search asking about his half-sister’s whereabouts, Dongho finally encounters Songhwa, now a wandering and blind songstress.
After a long search asking about his half-sister’s whereabouts, Dongho finally encounters Songhwa, now a wandering and blind songstress. Pansori’s wonderful emotional influence, Korean people’s uprooted lives, and an artist’s madness merged in the beautiful sceneries makes this film sad and cruel.
A box office sensation that revitalised Korean cinema at home, Sopyonje is arguably the crowning achievement of Director Im Kwon-taek, one of Korea’s most important and prolific filmmakers.
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