Oyster Village | |
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Hangul | 석화촌 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Seokhwachon |
McCune–Reischauer | Sŏk‘wach‘on |
Directed by | Jung Jin-woo [1] |
Written by | Moon Yang-hoon Na Yeon-sook Na Bong-han |
Based on | Oyster Village by Lee Cheong-jun |
Produced by | Jung Jin-woo |
Starring | Yoon Jeong-hee |
Cinematography | Park Seung-bae |
Edited by | Kim Hee-soo |
Music by | Han Sang-ki |
Distributed by | Woo Jin Films Co., Ltd. |
Release date |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Oyster Village ( Korean: 석화촌; Seokhwachon) is a 1972 South Korean drama film directed by Jung Jin-woo. It was awarded Best Film at the Blue Dragon Film Awards ceremony and was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival. [2]
In an island village that makes its living from oyster fishing, the villagers believe that a dead person's soul cannot go to heaven until another person has died. After Byol-Rye's father drowns, her mother kills herself. Byol-Rye then marries a sickly man on the condition that his father helps Byol-Rye's mother go to heaven. Based on a novel. [1]