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
Edited by Kim Hyeon
Distributed by Kil Films Co., Ltd.
Release dates
  • June 9, 1990
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, believing it is the only fitting punishment for her actions.[2]

The film is based on the life of 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

Bibliography

English

Korean

Notes

  1. ↑ Infobox data from "Ma Yumi (Mayumi(Mayumi))(1990)". Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Retrieved 2009-06-25. and Mayumi (1990) at the Internet Movie Database
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Ma Yumi (Mayumi(Mayumi))(1990)". Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  3. ↑ http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200903/200903120001.html
  4. ↑ 마유미 (1990) (in Korean). Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Retrieved 2009-06-25.