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10 April 1993 (South Korea) morePlot:
The specifically Korean tradition that is reclaimed in Sopyonje is the type of folk-song known as pansori... more | add synopsisAwards:
4 wins moreUser Comments:
Unforgettable moreCast
(Credited cast) | Myung-gon Kim | ... | Youbong |
| Jung-hae Oh | ... | Songhwa |
| Kyu-chul Kim | ... | Dong-ho |
| Sae-kil Shin | ||
| Byeong-kyeong Ahn |
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This is one of the best films about the Blues that I have ever seen. I defy you to find a member of the Hoary Tarnation of Blues, Delta, Mississippi, USA, that wouldn't spit, squint up at you and say, "Dang! That is the Blues!" Verdad! And while I'm exclaiming away, I swear to you that as I sat in our little local art house theater the audience just let the tears stream when they must with complete abandon. With no shame. Now there is some eastern magic.
The film begins in an interesting way. The style is clearly modern and places the story distant from a medieval or fantasy era. The young actor's (Kyu-chul Kim) style however hearkens to the older traditions in Korean Theater. And soon his search fades into the story of his emotional roots. The film doesn't make an obvious judgment about the 'life' of these three people or their domination by their father-mentor. Yet the film challenges you to decide if his assumption to rule these growing children is culturally acceptable or extraordinary even in their world at large.
There is a scene in a pension when the song master (Myung-gon Kim) becomes very drunk and garrulous. It is at once hilarious, tense and pathetic. Another, when the itinerants are walking with back packs in the middle of nowhere and begin a spontaneous dancing walk as they go along their way. These are glowing moments in cinema. The productions values are good and keep you placed always on the edge of the wild.
And then the music! This is the blues. Truly, I can say no more.