''Gilsoddeum'' is a 1986 South Korean drama film directed by Im Kwon-taek. It was entered into the

36th Berlin International Film Festival The 36th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held 14–25 February 1986. The festival opened with ''Ginger and Fred'' by Federico Fellini, which played out of competition at the festival. The Golden Bear was awarded to West German film ...

Plot

In 1983 KBS launched a campaign to reunite families torn apart in the Korean War three decades earlier. In an expert dissection of the social and familial rifts in modern Korea, director Im Kwon-taek integrates footage from the campaign into the story of Hwa-yeong, who leaves her middle-class life in Busan to search for the son she lost in Gilsotteum during the war.

Cast

* Kim Ji-mee as Hwa-yeong * Shin Seong-il as Dong-jin * Han Ji-il * Kim Ji-young * Lee Sang-a

Production

In this film Lee Sang-a has brief love scenes and a full rear nude shot. The actress, who was 13 or 14 years old during filming, revealed in 2015 that she was forced to do the nude scene by director Im Kwon-taek.

References

External links

* * 1986 films 1980s Korean-language films 1986 drama films Films directed by Im Kwon-taek South Korean drama films category:Grand Prize Paeksang Arts Award (Film) winners {{1980s-drama-film-stub