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Promise of the Flesh

Korean Cinema Retrospective

Remake · Crime/Violence · Women · Psychology

CountryKorea
Production Year1975
Running Time105min
Format35mm
ColorCOLOR

Program Note

This film, a remake of Lee Man-hee’s Late Autumn(1966), reunited director Kim Ki-young and Jimi Kim. Suk-young(Jimi Kim), a model prisoner in her thirties, meets Hoon(Lee Jung-gil) on a train to her mother’s grave. As Hoon is pursued by police for burglary, the two share a hopeless reality and sorrow, and inadvertently fall in love with each other. Rave reviews noted the film’s calm message and emotional range of fiendish sadism. Jimi Kim’s impressive depiction of a prisoner who struggles between the anguish towards society and self-pity earned her Best Actress at Daejong Film Award 2 years in a row. (JOO You-shin)

Director

KIM Ki-Young

Born in Seoul in 1922, after making his debut with the film [The Box of Death](1955), he directed around 30 films including [Servant Girl](1960), [Woman of Fire](1971), and [Chungnyeo](1972). His filmic world came into focus when the 2nd PIFF presented a retrospective about him and recently his film [Servant Girl] was digitally restored and remade into a new version by director Im Sangsoo.

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