Woman of Fire

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Woman of Fire
Poster for Woman of Fire (1971)

Hangul	화 녀
Hanja	火女
Revised Romanization	Hwanyeo
McCune–Reischauer	Hwanyŏ
Directed by	Kim Ki-young^[1]
Produced by	Jung Jin-woo
Written by	Kim Ki-young
Starring	Nam Koong Won Jeon Gye-hyeon
Music by	Han Sang-ki
Cinematography	Jung Il-sung
Editing by	Kim Hee-su
Distributed by	Woo Jin Films Co., Ltd.
Release dates	April 1, 1971 (1971-04-01)
Running time	98 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

Woman of Fire (화녀 - Hwanyeo) is an award-winning 1971 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-young. This was the second film in Kim's Housemaid trilogy followed by Woman of Fire '82.

Synopsis

A variation on Kim's classic The Housemaid (1960). The lives of a composer and his wife, who live on a chicken farm, are thrown into turmoil when a femme fatale joins their household.^[2]

Cast

Nam Koong Won... Dong-shik^[3]
Jeon Gye-hyeon... Jeong-suk
Yoon Yeo-jeong... Myeong-ja
Choi Moo-ryong... Hyeong-sa
Kim Ju-mi-hye
O Yeong-a... Hye-ok
Hwang Baek
Chu Seok-yang... Ki-ja
Lee Hoon
Lee Ji-yeon

Awards

Festival de Cine de Sitges^[4]
- Special Mention Best Actress (Yoon Yeo-jeong)
Blue Dragon Film Awards^[5]
- Best Director (Kim Ki-young)

Notes

↑ Infobox data from "Woman of Fire (Hwanyeo)(1971)" (in English). KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 2008-01-22. and Hwayo (1970) at the Internet Movie Database
↑ Synopsis from "Woman of Fire (Hwanyeo)(1971)" (in English). KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
↑ Cast listing based on "화녀 - Woman of Fire (Hwanyeo) (1971)" (in Korean). KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
↑ "Awards for Hwayo (1970)" (in English). IMDB. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
↑ "김기영 (Ki-Young Kim / 金綺泳 )" (in Korean). mydvdlist.co.kr. Retrieved 2008-01-22.

Bibliography

Ahn, Min-hwa. "Representing the Anxious Middle Class: Camera Movement, Sound, and Color in The Housemaid and Woman of Fire" (in English). The House of Kim Ki-young. Archived from the original on 2004-05-06. Retrieved 2007-12-26.
Ahn, Min-hwa. "Woman of Fire" (in English). The House of Kim Ki-young. Archived from the original on 2004-05-06. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
Hwayo (1970) at the Internet Movie Database
Sin, Chang-Heui. "A Study of the Images of Women in Kim Ki-young's Films: Woman of Fire, Numi, and Carnivore" (in English). The House of Kim Ki-young. Archived from the original on 2003-12-09. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
"Woman of Fire (Hwanyeo)(1971)" (in English). KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 2008-01-22.

Films directed by Kim Ki-young

Box of Death (1955)
Yangsan Province (1955)
Touch-Me-Not (1956)
A Woman's War (1957)
Twilight Train (1957)
First Snow (1958)
Defiance of a Teenager (1959)
Sad Pastorale (1960)
The Housemaid (1960)
The Sea Knows (1961)
Goryeojang (1963)
Asphalt (1964)
A Soldier Speaks after Death (1966)
Woman (1968)
Lady Hong (1969)
Elegy of Ren (1969)
Woman of Fire (1971)
Insect Woman (1972)
Cheju Island Terror (co-director; 1973)
Transgression (1974)
Promise of the Flesh (1975)
Love of Blood Relations (1976)
Iodo (1977)
Peasants (1978)
Killer Butterfly (1978)
Water Lady (1979)
Neumi (1980)
Ban Geum-ryeon (1982)
Woman of Fire '82 (1982)
Free Woman (1982)
Hunting of Fools (1984)
Beasts of Prey (1985)
Be a Wicked Woman (1990)

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