Chunhyang

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		List Price: $29.95		From: New Yorker Video From: New Yorker Video Salesrank: 77559 Released: 2001-10-09 Running Time: 120 Minutes
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A chore
Too bad the blurb on the DVD cover doesn't warn you that there will be a wailing "pansori" narrator (a traditional singer of stories accompanied by a single drummer) taking the place of much of the dialog. And, when it ends, the story seems so flimsy that it didn't seem to me worth 2 hours (which, incredibly, is pared down from the 8-hour traditional pansori performance).

Even with its gorgeous visuals and smooth editing, even cinéastes might find this film a chore to sit thru.

Definitely -- rent this one first.

one true love
The husband who passes the test is the one.
This movie may be a Korean bard song romance,
but it talks about the time when service to the country
was determined by by a royal test.
Governors have come and gone by appointment
but the classes and marriage remain the same.
The young lovers win out despite their different classes,
and this story became a classic saga of love
in the face of unreasonable governmental oppression.
The music/song is harsh and many times off key,
but sincere.

Chunhyang
I saw this movie and had to have it! I love this movie. It is one I could watch over and over again!

Missing scene?
I rented this movie and later bought the dvd (region 1, New Yorker Video). The movie is really good, but I think the dvd is missing an important scene of the 2 main characters after they get together. This scene occurs right before the main actor leaves to finish his education in Seoul. There is a picture of this scene on the back of the dvd case, where Chunhyang, the staring actress, is playing a traditional Korean instrument. If anyone else has experienced this problem of not being able to find this scene while watching the dvd, please post a comment.

Beyond brilliant!
Chunhyang This is simply the most unusual and most beautiful film ever. The morally uplifting romance is a nice enough story-and you find yourself rooting for Chunhyang and Mongryong-but the story is secondary to the way it is told. Using the device of a modern traditional Korean storyteller to narrate the poem behind the story was a stroke of genius. The cinematography takes it one step further. I am not one to buy films to watch over and over, normally I rent them and that's that, but I had to have this one. It is unforgettable!

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