Oyster Village

Oyster Village (Korean: 석화촌; Seokhwachon) is a 1972 South Korean drama film directed by Jung Jin-woo. It was awarded Best Film at the Blue Dragon Film Awards ceremony[2][3] and was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.[4]

Oyster Village
Theatrical poster
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeokhwachon
McCune–ReischauerSŏk‘wach‘on
Directed byJung Jin-woo[1]
Produced byJung Jin-woo
Written byMoon Yang-hoon
Na Yeon-sook
Na Bong-han
Based onOyster Village
by Lee Cheong-jun
StarringYoon Jeong-hee
Music byHan Sang-ki
CinematographyPark Seung-bae
Edited byKim Hee-soo
Distributed byWoo Jin Films Co., Ltd.
Release date
  • March 22, 1972 (1972-03-22)
Running time
96 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Synopsis

In an island village that makes its living from oyster fishing, the villagers believe that a dead person's soul cannot go to heaven until another person has died. After Byol-Rye's father drowns, her mother kills herself. Byol-Rye then marries a sickly man on the condition that his father helps Byol-Rye's mother go to heaven. Based on a novel.[5]

Cast

Bibliography

English

  • "SEOKHWACHON". The Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2009-07-21. External link in |publisher= (help)
  • "Oyster Village(Seoghwachon)(1972)". Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Retrieved 2009-07-21.

Korean

Notes

  1. Infobox data from "Oyster Village(Seoghwachon)(1972)". Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Retrieved 2009-07-21. and Seokhwachon (1972) on IMDb
  2. "Blue Dragon Film Awards, South Korea". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  3. "http://www.kmdb.or.kr/movie/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=02502" (in Korean). Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Retrieved 2009-06-25. External link in |title= (help)
  4. "IMDB.com: Awards for Oyster Village". imdb.com. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
  5. "Oyster Village(Seoghwachon)(1972)". Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Retrieved 2009-07-21.
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