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Korean Retrospective: Wild Laugh - A Certain Wave of 1970s Korean Comedy

A Man and a Gisaeng

SHIM Wu Seob

Korea1969 85min 35mm Color

Synopsis

A young man who was fired from his job for being unmanly decides to dress as a woman and work as a gisaeng. He gets proposals from several of his male clients including his former boss, Heo. He earns enough money to clear his gisaeng life and opens his own business with his friend Jeong Hui. The film represents a certain trend of 1970s Korean comedy – crossdressing comedy. 
 

Diretor

SHIM Wu Seob

He showed mature technique across Casting, Production, Camera, Edit, Photography and more. His work contributed to establish comedy genre as a mainstream success in early days of the Korean film industry.