Eoudong (film)

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Eoudong
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Theatrical poster for Eoudong (1985)
Hangul
어우동
Hanja
Revised Romanization Eo Udong
McCune–Reischauer Ŏudong
Directed by Lee Jang-ho
Written byBang Ki-hwan
Produced by Lee Tae-won
Starring Lee Bo-hee
Ahn Sung-ki
CinematographyPark Seung-bae
Edited byHyeon Dong-chun
Music byLee Jong-gu
Release date
  • September 28, 1985 (1985-09-28)
Running time
110 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Eoudong is a 1985 South Korean film starring Ahn Sung-ki and Lee Bo-hee. Lee Bo-hee won the best actress award at Grand Bell Awards in 1986. The film was selected as the South Korean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 58th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. [1]

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Synopsis

The film is set in Korea's Joseon Dynasty, during the reign of King Seonngjong, when strict Confucianism forced women to follow the male dominant society. [2]

Reception

Eoudong was a successful film both at the box office and with the critics. It eventually sold over 500,000 tickets, and critics praised the film for its cinematography and depiction of the historical time period. [3]

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References

  1. Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
  2. "Eoh Wu-dong (Eo Udong)(1985)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Archived from the original on 2013-09-20. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  3. Min, Eung-jun; Joo Jin-sook; Kwak Han-ju (2003). "Korean National Cinema in the 1980s". Korean Film; History, Resistance, and Democratic Imagination. Westport, Connecticut and London: Praeger Publishers. p. 65. ISBN   0-275-95811-6.