YU HYUN - MOK ~ KOREA FILM director ~ Pathfinder of Korean Realism movies book

by Lee, Yong-kwan, and San-yong Lee, eds.

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Yu Hyun-Mok : the pathfinder of Korean realism Lee, Yong-kwan, and San-yong Lee, eds. Pusan International Film Festival, 1999. Issue 4 of Korean cinema retrospective PIFF book series. Text in English. Paperbound wraps with flaps; 144 pages with index, filmography, interview ... rare out of print book. "Yu Hyun-mok (July 2, 1925 – June 28, 2009) was a South Korean film director. Born in Sariwon, Hwanghae, Korea (North Korea today), he made his film debut in 1956 with Gyocharo (Crossroads). According to the website koreanfilm.org, his 1961 film Obaltan "has repeatedly been voted the best Korean film of all time in local critics' polls."Yu attended the San Francisco International Film Festival in 1963, where Variety called Obaltan a "remarkable film", and praised Yu's "[b]rilliantly detailed camera" and the film's "probing sympathy and rich characterizations."

• Publisher: Pusan International Film Festival
• Year: 1999
• ISBN: 9791195114399
• Condition: Very Good

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