Sopyonje
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| Directed by | Im Kwon-taek |
| Produced by | Tae-won Lee |
| Written by | Myung-gon Kim |
| Starring | Jung-hae Oh |
| Music by | Soo-Chul Kim |
| Cinematography | Il-sung Jung |
| Editing by | Sun-duk Park |
| Release date(s) | 1993 |
| Running time | 112 minutes |
| Language | Korean |
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Sopyonje (서편제) is a South Korean film directed by Im Kwon-taek in 1993. Its story tells of a family of traditional Korean pansori singers trying to make a living in the modern world. The film was originally expected to only draw limited interest, but it ended up breaking box-office records and became the first Korean film to draw over a million viewers in Seoul alone. When it was released, Sopyonje's success also increased interest in pansori among modern audiences. The film was acclaimed critically, both in South Korea and abroad, getting screened in Cannes Film Festival and winning six Grand Bell Awards and six Korean Film Critics' Awards.
Im Kwon-taek also used pansori as a narrative tool in his later film Chunhyang, based on the popular Korean story Chunhyangga.
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