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| Seopyeonje |
Theatrical poster to Sopyonje |
| Directed by |
Im Kwon-taek |
| Produced by |
Lee Tae-won |
| Written by |
Kim Myung-gon |
| Starring |
Oh Jung-hae |
| Music by |
Kim Soo-Chul |
| Cinematography |
Jung Il-sung |
| Editing by |
Park Sun-duk |
| Distributed by |
Taehung Pictures |
| Release date(s) |
 April 10, 1993 |
| Running time |
112 minutes |
| Language |
Korean |
| IMDb profile |
| Korean name |
| Hangul |
서편제 |
| Hanja |
西便制 |
| Revised Romanization |
Seopyeonje |
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, and was released on only one screen in Seoul. At the height of its popularity, it was shown on only three screens at once in the entire city of over 10 million.[1] Nevertheless 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 films Chunhyang (2000), based on the popular Korean story Chunhyangga, and Beyond the Years (2007), an informal sequel to Sopyonje.
- ^ Kim, Kyung-hyun (2004). "9. 'Each Man Kills the Thing He Loves': Transgressive Agents, National Security, and Blockbuster Aesthetics in Shiri and Joint Security Area", The Remasculinization of Korean Cinema (in English). Durham and London: Duke University Press, p.270. ISBN 0-8223-3267-1.
[edit] Bibliography
- Cho, Hae Joang (2002). "Sopyonje: Its Cultural and Historical Meaning", in James, David E. & Kim Kyung-hyun: Im Kwon-Taek: The Making of a Korean National Cinema. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, p.134-156. ISBN 0-8143-2869-5.
- Kim, Kyung-hyun (2004). "2. Nowhere to Run: Disenfranchised Men on the Road in The Man with Three Coffins, Sopyonje, and Out to the World", The Remasculinization of Korean Cinema (in English). Durham and London: Duke University Press, pp.60-66. ISBN 0-8223-3267-1.
- Stringer, Julian (2002). "Sopyonje and the Inner Domain of National Culture", in James, David E. & Kim Kyung-hyun: Im Kwon-Taek: The Making of a Korean National Cinema. Detroit: Wayne State University Press, p.157-181. ISBN 0-8143-2869-5.
- Adam Hartzell's review at koreanfilm.org
- Im Kwon-taek's Retrospective (English). 5th Festival of Korean Cinema in Italy (2007). Retrieved on 2007-10-31.
- Sopyonje at the Internet Movie Database
