Family Zone

Kokdu: A Story of Guardian Angels

KIM Taeyong|Korea|2018|73min |Korean Premiere |Color |G

Code Time Theater Rate GV
FREE 6/28  20:00 - 21:13 Bucheon City Hall Lawn Square G
327 6/30  15:00 - 16:13 Korea Manhwa Museum G GV
517 7/2  16:00 - 17:13 CGV Sopoong 2 G
FREE 6/28  20:00 - 21:13Bucheon City Hall Lawn Square
G
327 6/30  15:00 - 16:13Korea Manhwa Museum
G  GV
517 7/2  16:00 - 17:13CGV Sopoong 2
G

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Program Note

Two children sell their grandmother’s shoes in order to buy a puppy. When their grandmother falls sick, they feel guilty and try to retrieve her shoes. However, while searching in the trash, they fall into the underworld. There they meet Kokdu, who joins them on their quest to find the shoes.

Program Note

In search of their grandma’s shoes, two children accidentally fall in the realm of the dead. This film explores the comfort of the living while reflecting on life and death through the story of Kokdu, who leads the dead to underworld. Kokdu; A Story of Guardian Angels blends film and performance, with the front and backstage of theatre, creating a noteworthy stylistic experiment. (MO Eun-young)

Director

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KIM Taeyong

Graduated from Korean Academy of Film Arts. Kim Taeyong co-directed Memento Mori, is considered to have made the highest artistic achievement. His several short films and two other feature films, Family Ties(2006) and Late Autumn(2010), are also garnered critical acclaim. His upcoming film is Wonderland.

Credit

Producer LIM Jaewon, PARK Kwansu
Screenplay KIM Taeyong, PARK Minil
Cinematographer PARK Hongyeol
Editor PARK Yookyung
Music BANG Junsuk
Production Design KIM Heesoo
Cast KIM Suan, CHOI Go, CHO Heebong, PARK Sangju