Mayumi (film)

{{Infobox film

|name = Mayumi

|image = Mayumi (film).jpg

|caption = Theatrical release poster

|director = Shin Sang-ok{{cite web|url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/04333|title=Ma Yumi (Mayumi) (1990)|accessdate=2021-07-06|publisher=Korean Movie Database (KMDb)}}

|producer = Sin Myeong-gil

|writer = Shin Bong-seung

|starring = Kim Sora

|music = Kang In-goo

|cinematography = Koo Joong-mo

|editing = Kim Hyeon

|distributor = Kil Films Co., Ltd.

|released = {{Film date|1990|6|9}}

|runtime = 110 minutes

|country = South Korea

|language = Korean

}}

Mayumi ({{Korean|hangul=마유미}}) also known as Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist is a 1990 South Korean film directed by Shin Sang-ok based on the bombing of Korean Air Flight 858. The film was selected as the South Korean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards, but it was not accepted as a nominee.Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Plot

Two North Korean agents, carrying Japanese passports bearing the names "Shinichi" and "Mayumi", plan to blow up a Seoul-bound plane in mid-air. They are diverted to another plane after they have planted the bomb. When the plane crashes, killing all on board, the two plan to commit suicide. The man succeeds, but the woman is saved through medical intervention. When she witnesses the suffering of the surviving families of the bombing victims, she begs to be executed, believing it is the only fitting punishment for her actions.

The film is based on the life of Kim Hyon Hui, a North Korean agent whose Japanese teacher was Yaeko Taguchi, a Japanese abductee; she was paroled in 1998, and 12 years later she met Yaeko's son Kochi and told him that his mother was still alive.{{cite news|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2009/03/12/2009031261001.html|title=KAL Bomber Meets Abduction Victim's Family|work=Chosun Ilbo|date=2009-03-12|accessdate=2021-07-06}}

Cast

Kim Sora (Kim Seo-ra) as Mayumi
Lee Hak-jae: Shin'ichi
Shin Seong-il
George Kennedy as Ian Henderson
Reiko Oshida as Yaeko Taguchi
Yoon Il-bong
Yoon Yang-ha
Choi Jong-won
Lee Ho-seong
Choi Yun-seok

Bibliography

{{cite web|url=http://www.citwf.com/film218608.htm|title=Mayumi Virgin Terrorist|accessdate=2009-06-25|publisher=The Complete Index to World Film|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829232516/http://www.citwf.com/film218608.htm|archivedate=2012-08-29|url-status=dead}}
{{cite magazine|url=http://m.cine21.com/movie/minfo/?movie_id=10543|script-title=ko:마유미|magazine=Cine21|lang=ko}}