Goryeojang

Goryeojang
Poster to Goryeojang (1963)
Hangul	고려장
Hanja	高麗葬
Revised Romanization	Goreojang
McCune–Reischauer	Koryŏjang
Directed by	Kim Ki-young[1]
Produced by	Kim Ki-young
Written by	Kim Ki-young
Starring	Kim Jin-kyu Ju Jeung-ryu
Music by	Han Sang-ki
Cinematography	Kim Deok-jin
Edited by	Kim Ki-young
Distributed by	Korea Art Films Co., Ltd
Release dates	March 15, 1963 (1963-03-15)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

Goryeojang (고려장), also known as Burying Old Alive, is a 1963 South Korean film written, produced and directed by Kim Ki-young.

Plot

The film tells the story of a poor farm-worker who, according to local tradition, must take his 70-year-old mother into the mountains to die. Deciding to break the custom, he instead returns home with his mother.^[2] The Japanese films, The Ballad of Narayama (1958) (Keisuke Kinoshita) and The Ballad of Narayama (1983) (Shohei Imamura) deal with a similar subject.^[3]

Cast

• Kim Jin-kyu
• Ju Jeung-ryu
• Kim Bo-ae
• Kim Dong-won
• Park Am

Notes

Bibliography

• "고려장 Burying Old Alive, 1963" (in Korean). www.cine21.com. Retrieved 2007-12-19.  External link in |publisher= (help)
• "LES FUNERAILLES A LA KORYO" (in French). La Cinémathèque française. Retrieved 2007-12-19.  External link in |publisher= (help)
• Goryeo jang (1963) at the Internet Movie Database
• "Goryeojang ( Goryeojang )(1963)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-12-19.  External link in |publisher= (help)
• Kim, Sung-Eun. "Koryojang". The House of Kim Ki-young. Archived from the original on 2003-12-30. Retrieved 2008-01-21.  External link in |publisher= (help)
• Lee, Jee-Eun. "Koryojang: Unfolding Compressed Space". The House of Kim Ki-young. Archived from the original on 2004-12-10. Retrieved 2008-01-21.  External link in |publisher= (help)