Mayumi (film)

Mayumi
Theatrical poster for Mayumi (1990)
Directed by	Shin Sang-ok[1]
Produced by	Sin Myeong-gil
Written by	Shin Bong-seung
Starring	Kim Sora
Music by	Kang In-goo
Cinematography	Koo Joong-mo
Editing by	Kim Hyeon
Distributed by	Kil Films Co., Ltd.
Release dates	June 9, 1990 (1990-06-09)
Running time	110 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

Mayumi (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.

Plot

Two North Korean agents, carrying Japanese passports bearing the names "Shinichi" and "Mayumi", plan to explode 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 as an apology.^[2]

The film is based on 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.^[3]

Cast

• Kim Sora (Kim Seo-ra): Ma Yumi^[2][4]
• Lee Hak-jae: Shin Ichi
• Shin Seong-il
• George Kennedy
• Reiko Oshida as Yaeko Taguchi
• Yoon Il-bong
• Yoon Yang-ha
• Choi Chong-won
• Lee Ho-seong
• Choi Yun-seok

Bibliography

English

• "MAYUMI VIRGIN TERRORIST". The Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
• Mayumi (1990) at the Internet Movie Database
• "Ma Yumi (Mayumi(Mayumi))(1990)". Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Retrieved 2009-06-25. 

Korean

• "마유미" (in Korean). www.cine21.com. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
• "마유미 (1990)" (in Korean). Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Retrieved 2009-06-25. 

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