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Title: Chunhyang (2000)
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Hyo-jeong Lee | ... | Chunhyang Sung |
| Cho Seung-woo | ... | Mongryong Lee | |
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Seong-nyeo Kim | ... | Wolmae (as Sung-nyu Kim) |
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Hak-young Kim | ... | Pangja |
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Jung-hun Lee | ... | Gov. Byun Hakdo |
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Ji-youn Choi | ... | Gov. Lee |
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Hye Eun Lee | ... | Hyangdan (as Hae-Eun Lee) |
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Kyung-yeun Hong | ... | Kisaeng Leader |
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Sang-hyun Cho | ... | Pansori Singer |
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Myung-hwan Kim | ... | Pansori Drummer |
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Hae-ryong Lee | ... | Lord of Soonchun |
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Jun-hwam Gok | ... | Lord of Okgwa |
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Keun-mo Yoon | ... | Lord of Goksung |
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Taell Bae | ... | Officer |
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Kyoung-jin Moon | ... | Officer |
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. Written by Will Gilbert
Cahiers Du Cinema called this epic an "experimental film", and indeed, it is as experimental as Lars von Triers DANCER IN THE DARK by heavily relying on music and songs. On the other hand, the differences are quite obvious. Here the songs come from the off most of the time (until the camera surprisingly moves to the classic singer on a stage) and do something that usually reduces the quality of a movie: they tell you what's going on in the pictures. But those pictures are of such an elegic beauty (with the typical yellow "Im-tone") that you feel a story is told to you by your grandfather and it unfolds perfectly in front of your eyes. I saw the screening during the MIFED 2000 together with only one (!) other guest and am quite astonished that film fans and buyers might overlook this masterpiece about an exclusive one-on-one love that touches our hearts.