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Chunhyang
Drama, Romance - 2000
Chunhyang
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7.3
86%
79
Mongryong marries the beautiful Chunhyang without telling his father, the Governor of Namwon. When his father is transferred to Seoul, Mongryong has to leave Chunhyang and finish his exams. Chunhyang, being the daughter of a courtesan, is also legally a courtesan. She is beaten and imprisoned when she refuses to obey the new Governor Byun, as she wishes to be faithful to her husband. After three years, Mongryong passes his exam and becomes an emissary to the King. He returns to Namwon, disguised as a beggar, just before Chunhyang is to be flogged to death at the governor's birthday celebration.
Director:
,
Im Kwon-taek
Cast:
,
Cho Seung-woo
,
Hyo-jeong Lee

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Details

Rated:
R
Runtime:
120 min
Release date:
29 Jan 2000
Country:
KR
Languages:
Korean
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
5 wins & 2 nominations.

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
It's a movie charmingly traditional and richly cinematic, and I'm not damning with faint praise when I say it's the best Korean film I've seen.
– Michael Wilmington,
Chicago Tribune,
26 Feb 2001
fresh:
Admiration gives way to something like enthrallment. Be patient and you'll see that this picture casts its own peculiar spell.
– Eleanor Ringel Gillespie,
Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
26 Feb 2001
fresh:
Im's movie approaches a seething, primitivist beauty that evokes Makhmalbaf and parallels the contrapuntal textual investigations of Resnais.
– Michael Atkinson,
Village Voice,
15 Aug 2001
fresh:
A premodern folk tale in a postmodern form that refreshes both the eye and our ideas about storytelling.
– Liam Lacey,
Globe and Mail,
30 Nov 2001
fresh:
A seductively watchable, mythically resonant experience.
– Geoff Pevere,
Toronto Star,
30 Nov 2001
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