Goryeojang

{{Infobox film

|name = Goryeojang

|image = Koryojang.jpg

|caption = Theatrical release poster

|director = Kim Ki-young{{cite web|url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/00842|title=Goryeojang (Goryeojang) (1963)|accessdate=2021-07-06|publisher=Korean Movie Database (KMDb)}}

|producer = Kim Ki-young

|writer = Kim Ki-young

|starring = Kim Jin-kyu
Ju Jeung-ryu

|music = Han Sang-ki

|cinematography = Kim Deok-jin

|editing = Kim Ki-young

|distributor = Korea Art Films Co., Ltd

|released = {{Film date|1963|3|15}}

|runtime = 90 minutes

|country = South Korea

|language = Korean

|native_name = {{Infobox Korean film name/auto|hangul=^고려장|hanja=高麗葬}}

}}

Goryeojang ({{Korean|hangul=고려장}}) is a 1963 South Korean drama film edited, written, produced and directed by Kim Ki-young.

Plot

The film tells the story of a poor farm worker who, according to local tradition, must take his 70-year-old mother into the mountains to die. Deciding to break the custom, he instead returns home with his mother.

Cast

Release

In February 2012, Taewon Entertainment (in partnership with the Korean Film Archive) released the film on DVD.{{cite web|url=https://daejeonchronicles.com/2012/02/17/333/|last=Pais|first=Jon|title=Kim Ki-young (김기영) Collection|work=The Daejeon Chronicles|date=2012-02-17|accessdate=2021-07-06}}

References

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Bibliography

  • {{cite web|url=http://www.asianfilms.org/korea/kky/KKY/Cabinet/Koryojang-f11.htm|title=Koryojang|last=Kim|first=Sung-Eun|publisher=The House of Kim Ki-young|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031230050823/http://www.asianfilms.org/korea/kky/KKY/Cabinet/Koryojang-f11.htm|archivedate=2003-12-30|url-status=dead}}
  • {{cite web|url=http://www.asianfilms.org/korea/kky/KKY/Stairway/LJE.htm|title=Koryojang: Unfolding Compressed Space|accessdate=2008-01-21|last=Lee|first=Jee-Eun|publisher=The House of Kim Ki-young|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031210000116/http://www.asianfilms.org/korea/kky/KKY/Stairway/LJE.htm|archivedate=2003-12-10}}