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Mr. Park

Korean Cinema Retrospective

Family · Comedy · Psychology  

  • CountryKorea
  • Production Year1960
  • Running Time138min
  • Format 35mm
  • ColorB&W
Program Note
With this film, KIM Seung-ho would win his second straight Best Actor Award at the 1961 Asia-Pacific Film Festival, further cementing his status as a premier acting talent. Here, he plays Park, a plasterer who repairs the neighborhood furnaces in every house. He is an unsophisticated man and also the father of three. Park′s straight-laced son, Yong-bum, is a source of pride. But his hands are full with monitoring the dating lives of his two daughters. Park has lived his whole life to provide for his children, but they leave one by one, searching for their own future. He can only accept this reality... Mr. Park is our first look at KIM Seung-ho as a simple yet self-sacrificing father, the kind of role that would come to represent his career. The film offers a light-hearted look at the lives of regular folk of the time, doing such everyday things as drinking expensive Western liquor for the first time, finding a good son-in-law, and trying to drink without getting caught by the wife. At the same time, Mr. Park is a film that sympathizes with the pain of bowing down to those with more money and more education. As the film moves between comedy and drama, Kim becomes the centerpiece of the story, and displays the wide breadth of his acting ability. (CHO Young-jung)
Director
KANG Dae-jin
After graduating from Seorabul Art College, Kang went on to be the assistant director for SHIN Sang-ok’s The Shadowless Pagoda, making his directorial debut in 1959 with Like Father like Son. After solidifying ground with Mr. Park (1960), at the young age of 26, he won the Silver Bear Extraordinary Jury Prize at Berlin for A Coachman (1961) to become a representative Korean director. He left behind 47 films based on loving families. His famous works include Fishermen (1961), Sorrowful Youth (1967), A Top Knot on Montmartre (1987), etc.
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Credit
  • Director KANG Dae-jin 강대진
  • Producer LEE Hwa-ryong
  • Cast KIM Seung-ho, HWANG Jeong-soon, KIM Jin-gyu, UM Aeng-ran
  • Screenplay CHO Nam-sa
  • Cinematography LEE Mun-baek
  • Editor KIM Hee-soo
  • Sound SON In-ho, LEE Sang-man
  • Music LEE In-kwon
  • Production Company Hwa-sung Film Production Company

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