Director Kim Soo-yong’s 1967 film, Mist, eloquently conveys the unspeakable. Adapted directly by Kim Seung-ok himself from his novel, Record of a Journey to Mujin, this film is generally detailed, but at times, abstract and bold. Director Kim’s skillful and polished direction captures the intricate emotions of human desires, materialistic tendencies, self-loathing, and more. As its title, Mist suggests, it reveals hidden complexities without showing them overtly. Actress Yun Jung-hee plays the role of Ha Insook, who encounters Yun Gijun (Shin Seong-il) staying in Mujin. Ha, an embodiment of materialistic desires, is the essence of the fog-covered Mujin itself. The portrayal of Ha, from Yun Gijun’s perspective, is both mysterious and dreamlike, often blurring the lines between the character’s charm and actress Yun’s star persona. Her performance, which resembles the gray mist in a black-and-white movie, became eternal, showing off her transparent presence in opacity like light and shade in an ink-and-wash painting. (SONG Kyung-won)