Eoudong

Eoudong

Theatrical poster for Eoudong (1985)
Hangul 어우동
Hanja 於宇同
RR Eo Udong
MR Ŏudong
Directed by Lee Jang-ho
Produced by Lee Tae-won
Written by Ki-hwan Bang
Starring Bo-Hee Lee
Sung-kee Ahn
Music by Jong-gu Lee
Cinematography Seung-bae Park
Editing by Dong-chun Hyeon
Release date(s) September 28, 1985 (1985-09-28)
Running time 110 min.
Country South Korea
Language Korean
Admissions 392,678[1]

Eoudong is 1985 South Korean film in which Ahn Sung-ki and Lee Bo-hee starred. Lee Bo-hee won the best actress award at Grand Bell Awards in 1986.

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Synopsis

The movie is set in Korea's Joseon Dynasty, during the reign of King Seonngjong, when strict Confucianism forced women to follow the male dominant society.[2]

Reception

Eoudong was a successful film both at the box office and with the critics. It eventually sold over 500,000 tickets, and critics praised the film for its cinematography and depiction of the historical time period.[3]

Cast

References

  1. ^ "어우동 (1985)" (in Korean). KMDb Korean Movie Database. http://www.kmdb.or.kr/movie/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=03907. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
  2. ^ "Eoh Wu-dong (Eo Udong)(1985)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=03907. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
  3. ^ Min, Eung-jun; Joo Jin-sook and Kwak Han-ju (2003). "Korean National Cinema in the 1980s". Korean Film; History, Resistance, and Democratic Imagination. Westport, Connecticut and London: Praeger Publishers. p. 65. ISBN 0-275-95811-6. http://books.google.com/books?id=rX8JtHlQpO8C&pg=PA65&dq=Owoodong+depicted. 

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