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Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors

5th(2000) Korean Panorama

Love/Romance · Coming of Age · Psychology  

  • CountryKorea
  • Production Year2000
  • Running Time126 min
  • Format 35mm
  • Colorb&w
Program Note
This third feature by Hong Sang-Soo is void of any colors. His reasoning behind this is that information contained within color may make characters′ emotions dull. This black-and-white film touches on the fine line between emotions of a man and woman, from the beginning to the end of their relationship. Soo-Jung is a staff writer for a production company who is involved with Young-Soo, her producer. Young-Soo, along with Soo-Jung, visits the gallery of rich schoolmate Jae-Hoon seeking his financial assistance for his film project. While having drinks together, Jae-Hoon feels attracted to Soo-Jung. Their love begins one day at the alley of Insa-dong (old-town in Seoul known for its traditional artifacts) as he kisses her for the first time. As the two are about to have intercourse, he discovers she′s still a virgin and backs down, impressed. The film is organized in five stages and each episode is repeated and varied depending on the recollections of two characters, Jae-Hoon and Soo-Jung. Their contradicting recollections result in different circumstances being presented, even how they engage in sex, showing that human beings and their lives can never be one-sided. Even the occasional staples of Seoul scenes, such as the cable car at Namsan and/or badminton games seem unfamiliar. This brings up a question: how much of our a recollections can we trust? What about the director′s own recollections? (Han Sang-Jun)
Director
Director
Hong Sang-Soo
Hong Sang-Soo was bom in Seoul, 1960. As a film student at Chungang University, he went to the US to study film at California College of Arts and Crafts and Art Institute of Chicago. His 1996 debut work, The Day a Pig Fell Into the Well received universal praises from critics and received international awards at both Vancouver (Dragon & Tiger Award) and Rotterdam (Best Picture Award), Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors is his third feature following 1998′s The Power of Kangwon Province.
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  • Director Hong Sang-Soo 홍상수
  • Producer Ahn Byung-Joo, Choi In-Ki
  • Cast Lee Eun-Joo, Jung Bo-Suk, Moon Sung-Keun
  • Screenplay Hong Sang-Soo
  • Cinematography Choi Young-Taek
  • Editor Ham Sung-Won
  • Sound Oh Won-Chul
  • Music Ok Gil-Sung
  • Production Company Miracin Korea Co., Ltd
    4F, Seoul Visual Venture Center, 1340-6 Seocho2-dong, Seocho-gu, Seoul, Korea
    miracin1@yahoo.com

  • World Sales Mirovision
    7F, Garden Bldg., 45-18 Youido-dong, Youngdeungpo-gu, Seoul, Korea
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