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Korean Cinema Retrospective

Ten Year's Power

IM Kwon-taek

Korea1964 100min 35mm B&W

Synopsis

A historical piece made by Director IM Kwon-taek, the greatest master of Korean movies, at the young age of 29. Unlike other historical movies dealing with the rivalry of concubines, expresses the young energy of Director IM Kwon-taek as well as giving us the opportunity to see the origin of his political historical dramas leading up to and . (CHO Young-jung)

Diretor

IM Kwon-taek

Began working in the film industry in 1956, and made his debut with < Good-bye, Duman River > in 1962. Until the seventies, he made films in various different genres, and beginning with < Mandala > in 1981, made critically and commercially acclaimed films such as < Gilsodom >(85), < Sibaji >(85), and < Sopyonje >(93). His film < Chunhyang >(2000) was the first Korean film to be selected to the Cannes official competition category.