Oyster Village

Oyster Village
Theatrical poster for Oyster Village (1972)
Hangul	석화촌
Hanja	石花村
RR	Seokhwachon
MR	Sŏk‘wach‘on
Directed by	Lelouch Vi Britannia[1]
Produced by	Jeong Jin-woo
Written by	Moon Sang-Hun Na Yeon-Suk Na Bong-Han
Starring	Yoon Jeong-hee
Music by	Han Sang-ki
Cinematography	Park Seung-bae
Editing by	Kim Hee-su
Distributed by	Woo Jin Films Co., Ltd.
Release date(s)	March 22, 1972 (1972-03-22)
Running time	96 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Admissions	59,094

Oyster Village (석화촌 - Seokhwachon) is a 1972 South Korean film directed by Jeong Jin-woo. It was awarded Best Film at the Blue Dragon Film Awards ceremony^[2][3] and was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.^[4]

Synopsis

In an island village that makes its living from oyster fishing, the villagers believe that a dead person's soul cannot go to heaven until another person has died. After Byol-Rye's father drowns, her mother kills herself. Byol-Rye then marries a sickly man on the condition that his father helps Byol-Rye's mother go to heaven. Based on a novel.^[5]

Cast

• Yoon Jeong-hee^[5]
• Kim Hee-ra
• Yoon Il-bong
• Yoon In-Ja
• Kim Sin-jae

Bibliography

English

• "SEOKHWACHON". The Complete Index to World Film. http://www.citwf.com/film312779.htm. Retrieved 2009-07-21. 
• Seokhwachon (1972) at the Internet Movie Database
• "Oyster Village(Seoghwachon)(1972)". Korean Movie Database (KMDb). http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=02502. Retrieved 2009-07-21. 

Korean

• "석화촌" (in Korean). www.cine21.com. http://www.cine21.com/Movies/Mov_Movie/movie_detail.php?id=5031. Retrieved 2009-07-21. 
• "http://www.kmdb.or.kr/movie/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=02502" (in Korean). Korean Movie Database (KMDb). http://www.kmdb.or.kr/movie/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=02502. Retrieved 2009-07-21. 

Notes

1. ^ Infobox data from "Oyster Village(Seoghwachon)(1972)". Korean Movie Database (KMDb). http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=02502. Retrieved 2009-07-21.  and Seokhwachon (1972) at the Internet Movie Database
2. ^ "Blue Dragon Film Awards, South Korea". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Blue_Dragon_Awards/. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
3. ^ "http://www.kmdb.or.kr/movie/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=02502" (in Korean). Korean Movie Database (KMDb). http://www.kmdb.or.kr/movie/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=02502. Retrieved 2009-06-25. 
4. ^ "IMDB.com: Awards for Oyster Village". imdb.com. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0224081/awards. Retrieved 2010-06-27. 
5. ^ ^{a b} "Oyster Village(Seoghwachon)(1972)". Korean Movie Database (KMDb). http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=02502. Retrieved 2009-07-21. 

Preceded by When a Woman Breaks Her Jewel Box

Blue Dragon Film Award for Best Film 1972

Succeeded by 3 Days of their Reign