Chunhyang (2000)
January 29, 2000Release Date
Chunhyang (2000)
January 29, 2000Release Date
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Hyo-jeong Lee
Chunhyang Sung
Kim Sung-nyeo
Wolmae
Cho Seung-woo
Mongryong Lee
Lee Jeong-heon
Gov. Byun Hakdo
Hak-young Kim
Pangja
Choi Jin-yeong
Gov. Lee
Im Kwon-taek
Director
Sang-hyun Cho
Writer
Lee Hae-eun
Hyangdan
Hye-yun Kang
Writer
Hong Kyeong-yeon
Kisaeng Leader
Kim Myung-gon
Writer
Lee Tae-won
Producer
Myung-hwan Kim
Pansori Drummer
Lee Hae-ryong
Lord of Soonchun
Kim Chong-gil
Composer
Jun-hwam Gok
Lord of Okgwa
Keun-mo Yoon
Lord of Goksung
Taell Bae
Officer
Bong Chotae
Officer
Yun Il-ju
Palatial Military
Hwang Choon-ha
Panshoe
Kwon Tae-won
Kim Bun-soo
Park Cheol-min
Spectator
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Chunhyang (Korean: 춘향뎐; RR: Chunhyangjeon) is a Korean Pansori film directed by Im Kwon-taek, with a screenplay by Kang Hye-yeon and Kim Myung-gon. Distributed by CJ Entertainment, the film was released on January 29, 2000 in South Korea. Lee Hyo-jeong plays Chunhyang and Cho Seung-woo plays Mongryong.
It is a film adaptation of the pansori Chunhyangga, one of the most notable works in the pansori tradition. To date, there have been more than sixteen works based on this narrative, including three North Korean films. Im Kwon-taek's Chunhyang presents a new interpretation of this oral tradition with a focus towards a more global audience. It is the first Chunhyang adaptation that uses lyrics of pansori as a major part of the screenplay. The film uses the framing device of a present-day pansori narrator who, accompanied by a drummer, sings the story of Chunhyang in front of a responsive audience. The film flashes back and forth between the singer's presentation and scenes of Mongryong.
It was entered into the 2000 Cannes Film Festival. The film is the first Korean film which was presented at the 2000 Telluride Film Festival. At the 2000 Asia Pacific Film Festival, it won a Special Jury Award. It also won an award for Best Narrative at the Hawaii International Film Festival in 2000.