Box of Death
1955 South Korean film
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Hangul | 주검의 상자 |
Hanja | 주검의 箱子 |
Revised Romanization | Jugeomui sangja |
McCune–Reischauer | Chugŏmŭi sangja |
Directed by | Kim Ki-young[1] |
Written by | Kim Chang-sik |
Starring | Choi Moo-ryong Kang Hyo-shil |
Cinematography | Kim Hyeong-geun |
Edited by | Yu Jae-won |
Music by | Jeong Yoon-joo |
Distributed by | U.S.I.S. |
Release date |
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Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Box of Death (Korean: 주검의 상자) is a 1955 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-young. It was the celebrated director's debut film, and the first Korean film to use synchronous sound.[2]
Synopsis
An anti-communist film about a plot to stir up pro-communist sympathies through an act of terrorism. A young village man foils the plot by infiltrating the communist camp and blowing it up instead.[3]
Cast
- Choi Moo-ryong[4]
- Kang Hyo-shil
- No Neung-geol
- Choi Nam-Hyun
- Kim Myung-soon
- Sin Dong-hun
- Ju In-seon
Notes
- ^ "The Box of Death (Jugeom-ui sangja)(1955)". [KMDb Korean Movie Database]. Archived from the original on 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
- ^ Vick, Tom. "Kim Ki-young: Biography". Allmovie. Archived from the original on 2006-04-26. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
- ^ Synopsis from "The Box of Death (Jugeom-ui sangja)(1955)". [KMDb Korean Movie Database]. Archived from the original on 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
- ^ Cast listing based on "The Box of Death (Jugeom-ui sangja)(1955)". [KMDb Korean Movie Database]. Archived from the original on 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
Bibliography
- Berry, Chris. "The Box of Death". The House of Kim Ki-young]. Archived from the original on 2004-05-08. Retrieved 2008-01-23.
- Jukeomiui sangja (1955) at IMDb
- "The Box of Death (Jugeom-ui sangja)(1955)". [KMDb Korean Movie Database]. Archived from the original on 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
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Films directed by Kim Ki-young
- Box of Death (1955)
- Yangsan Province (1955)
- Touch-Me-Not (1956)
- A Woman's War (1957)
- Twilight Train (1957)
- First Snow (1958)
- Defiance of a Teenager (1959)
- Sad Pastorale (1960)
- The Housemaid (1960)
- The Sea Knows (1961)
- Goryeojang (1963)
- Asphalt (1964)
- A Soldier Speaks After Death (1966)
- Woman (1968)
- Lady Hong (1969)
- Elegy of Ren (1969)
- Woman of Fire (1971)
- Insect Woman (1972)
- Cheju Island Terror (co-director; 1973)
- Transgression (1974)
- Promise of the Flesh (1975)
- Love of Blood Relations (1976)
- Iodo (1977)
- Peasants (1978)
- Killer Butterfly (1978)
- Water Lady (1979)
- Neumi (1980)
- Ban Geum-ryeon (1982)
- Woman of Fire '82 (1982)
- Free Woman (film) (1982)
- Hunting of Fools (1984)
- Beasts of Prey (1985)
- Be a Wicked Woman (1990)
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