Bun-rye's Story

Bun-Rye's Story

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Hangul
Hanja
Revised Romanization Bunlyegi
McCune–Reischauer Pullyegi
Directed by Yu Hyun-mok
Produced by Kim Tai-soo
Written by Bang Young-wung
Starring Yoon Jeong-hee
Music by Kim Hee-jo
Cinematography You Young-gill
Edited by Kim Chang-soon
Production
company
Tae Chang Enterprises Co.
Release dates
  • 6 May 1971
Running time
102 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean

Bun-Rye's Story (Hangul: 분례기; RR: Bunlyegi) is a 1971 South Korean film directed by Yu Hyun-mok. It was based on a novel by Bang Young-wung.

Plot

Bun-rye, the eldest daughter in a poor family, is violated by Yong-pal, who is a married man, and out of desperation she becomes a concubine of Young-cheol, a gambler who is impotent. Kong Jo-shi is in love with Bun-rye, though she still has feelings for Yong-pal. After losing his money, Young-cheol takes out his anger on Bun-rye and throws her out of his house. In retaliation, Jo-shi kills Young-cheol, and Bun-rye is driven to madness.

Cast

Release

Bun-Rye's Story was rated 18 and opened in South Korea on 6 May 1971 at Kukdo Theater. The film received a total of 96,281 admissions.[1]

Awards

Bun-Rye's Story won a number of awards at the 10th Grand Bell Awards in 1971, including Best Director for Yu Hyun-mok, Best Actress for Yoon Hung-hee, Best Supporting Actress for Sa Mi-ja, and Best Music for Kim Hee-jo.[1][2]

Grand Bell Awards

PaekSang Arts Awards

Recovery

Although once thought to be lost, a print of Bun-Rye's Story was recovered from overseas and restored by the Korean Film Council, who screened the film at their theater in northern Seoul on 18 May 2009.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Bun-Rye's story(Bunlyegi)". Korean Film Archive. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
  2. "Grand Bell Awards". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
  3. Awards from 분례기 (1971) (in Korean). KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 4 July 2009.
  4. Lee Hyo-won. "Old Films Return With Foreign Dubbing". The Korea Times, 18 May 2009. Retrieved 4 July 2009.

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