When a Woman Breaks Her Jewel Box (Korean: 옥합을 깨뜨릴 때; RR: Okhabeul ggaedeuril dae) is a 1971 South Korean film directed by Kim Soo-yong. It was awarded Best Film at the Blue Dragon Film Awards ceremony.[2][3]
Name
The title of the film is a reference to anointment of jesus christ at bethany in matthew 14:3-9, where a woman poured perfume in her alabaster jar. The title was chosen as the protagonist let go of the past and make a new start.[4]
Synopsis
Bo-yeong, young woman living with her father Hyongsik and aunt Yeseon, believes that her mother was killed during the Korean War. She discovers that her mother is still not dead, but, after having been raped by an American soldier, has dedicated her life to taking care of orphans.[5]
Cast
- Yoon Jeong-hee – Bo-yeong Yoon.
- Hong Se-mi – Younghee the secretary at the orphanage[5]
- Nam Kung Won – Hyong-sik, the father of Bo-yeong
- Sa Mi-ja – Ye-seon, Bo-yeong's aunt
- Yoon Yang-ha – Hyosup, the fiancee of Bo-yeong
- Chai Jung-hoon – Kyong-il, detective who is formerly an orphan
- Lee Hoon - Kwak Chang su, formerly an orphan
- Park Am - Doctor, who is a friend of Hyong-sik
- Jeon Young-ju - Mother of Kyong-ae
- Ko Seol-bong- Senior inspector
- Kim Hye-ri
- Kim Ki-bum
Legacy
The film is significant for its earliest examples of negative portrayal of American forces stationed in South Korea in South Korean cinema.The film addresses the issue of sexual assault by Americans, a topic that has been ignored in south korean popular media until the 1960s.[4]
Bibliography
English
- Okhabeul ggaedeuril dae (1971) at IMDb
- "When the Jewel Box is Broken (Oghab-eul kkaetteuli...(1971)". Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Retrieved 2009-07-21.
Korean
- 옥합을 깨뜨릴 때 (in Korean). [www.cine21.com]. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
- 옥합을 깨뜨릴 때 (1971) (in Korean). Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Retrieved 2009-07-21.
Notes
- ^ Infobox data from "When the Jewel Box is Broken (Oghab-eul kkaetteuli...(1971)". Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Retrieved 2009-07-21. and Okhabeul ggaedeuril dae (1971) at IMDb
- ^ "Blue Dragon Film Awards, South Korea". Internet Movie Database. Archived from the original on 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
- ^ 옥합을 깨뜨릴 때 (1971) (in Korean). Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Retrieved 2009-06-25.
- ^ a b Oh, Young Suk (2015). "전쟁기억과 죄책감: 냉전기 남한영화의 미국표상과 대중감정 옥합을 깨뜨릴 때 김수용, 1971 를 중심으로 War Memory and Sense of Guilt Collective Emotions and Censored Representation of American in South Korean Films during the Cold War : Focusing on When the Jewel Box is Broken 1971". Film Studies (63): 195–224. doi:10.17947/kfa..63.201503.007. Archived from the original on 2023-01-06. Retrieved 2023-01-06.
- ^ a b "When the Jewel Box is Broken (Oghab-eul kkaetteuli...(1971)". Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Archived from the original on 2021-12-09. Retrieved 2009-07-21.
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