Sopyonje
Cho Jae Hyun Im Kwon Taek Oh Jung Hae
Director Im Kwon Taek is regarded by many as the father of modern Korean Cinema and certainly the first Korean director to receive global critical acclaim. With around a hundred films to his credit, in a career spanning four decades, Im has crafted some of Korea's most revered and successful films. Sopyonje, originally released in 1993, became one of the most successful Korean films of the decade. Using the traditional Korean music of pansori, Sopyonje is a rich examination of the country's modernization due to Western influence in the 1950s.
A lone pansori singer, Dong Ho, roams the countryside of Southwest Korea, searching for the young orphan girl he grew up with. They were raised together by an elderly pansori master, but Dong Ho ran away to explore Seoul when he was still a youngster. The girl however, has since lost her sight, and apparently still wanders the land singing pansori. Im's film is poetic in tone, beautiful to look at and the pansori soundtrack is a delight. Not only is Sopyonje one of Im's finest films, but a genuine classic of Korean Cinema. ~from yesasia~
A lone pansori singer, Dong Ho, roams the countryside of Southwest Korea, searching for the young orphan girl he grew up with. They were raised together by an elderly pansori master, but Dong Ho ran away to explore Seoul when he was still a youngster. The girl however, has since lost her sight, and apparently still wanders the land singing pansori. Im's film is poetic in tone, beautiful to look at and the pansori soundtrack is a delight. Not only is Sopyonje one of Im's finest films, but a genuine classic of Korean Cinema. ~from yesasia~
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