Box of Death

Box of Death
Korean poster for Box of Death (1955)

Hangul	주 검 의 상 자
Hanja	주검의 箱子
Revised Romanization	Jugeonui sangja
McCune–Reischauer	Chugŏm-ŭi sangja

Directed by	Kim Ki-young^[1]
Written by	Kim Chang-sik
Starring	Choi Moo-ryong Kang Hyo-shil
Music by	Jeong Yoon-joo
Cinematography	Kim Hyeong-geun
Edited by	Yu Jae-won
Distributed by	U.S.I.S.
Release date	June 11, 1955 (1955-06-11)
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

Box of Death (주검의 상자 - Jugeomeui sangja) is a 1955 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-young. It was the celebrated director's debut film, and the first Korean film to use synchronous sound.^[2]

Synopsis

An anti-communist film about a plot to stir up pro-communist sympathies through an act of terrorism. A young village man foils the plot by infiltrating the communist camp and blowing it up instead.^[3]

Cast

Choi Moo-ryong^[4]
Kang Hyo-shil
No Neung-geol
Choi Nam-Hyun
Kim Myung-soon
Sin Dong-hun
Ju In-seon

Notes

↑ "The Box of Death (Jugeom-ui sangja)(1955)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Archived from the original on 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2008-01-22. External link in |publisher= (help)
↑ Vick, Tom. "Kim Ki-young: Biography". Allmovie. Retrieved 2008-01-25.
↑ Synopsis from "The Box of Death (Jugeom-ui sangja)(1955)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Archived from the original on 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2008-01-22. External link in |publisher= (help)
↑ Cast listing based on "The Box of Death (Jugeom-ui sangja)(1955)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Archived from the original on 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2008-01-22. External link in |publisher= (help)

Bibliography

Berry, Chris. "The Box of Death". The House of Kim Ki-young. Archived from the original on 2004-05-08. Retrieved 2008-01-23. External link in |publisher= (help)
Jukeomiui sangja (1955) on IMDb
"The Box of Death (Jugeom-ui sangja)(1955)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Archived from the original on 2008-02-27. Retrieved 2008-01-22. External link in |publisher= (help)

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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