Silver Stallion (1991 film)

Silver Stallion
Poster for Silver Stallion (1991)
Hangul
은마는 오지 않는다
Hanja
銀馬는 오지 않는다
Revised RomanizationEunmaneun oji anneunda
McCune–ReischauerŬnmanŭn oji annŭnda
Directed byJang Kil-su
Written byJang Kil-su
Cho Jai-hong
Based onSilver Stallion
by Ahn Jung-hyo
Produced byHan Gap-jin
StarringLee Hye-sook
Kim Bo-yeon
CinematographyLee Seok-ki
Edited byKim Hee-su
Music byKim Soo-chul
Distributed byHan Jin Enterprises Co., Ltd.
Release date
  • October 3, 1991 (1991-10-03)
Running time
123 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Silver Stallion (Korean: 은마는 오지 않는다; RR: Eunma neun oji anhneunda; lit. The Silver Stallion Will Never Come) is a 1991 South Korean film based on the novel by Ahn Jung-hyo.[1]

Synopsis

Soldiers with the U.N. forces that entered Korea during the Korean War rape a village girl named Eon-rae. The villagers ostracize Eon-rae and her son. Unable to make a living, Eon-rae joins the brothel district that has been set up near the U.N. base on the other side of the river from the village. The war and the introduction of U.S. culture break down the social order of the village. After several village children have died, the villagers put the blame on the prostitutes. Eventually the villagers, unable to maintain the village, leave their homes one by one. Eon-rae and her son also leave.[2]

Cast

Awards

Montréal World Film Festival (1991)

  • Best Actress: Lee Hye-sook
  • Best Screenplay: Jang Kil-su, Cho Jai-hong

Baeksang Arts Awards (1991)

Korean Association of Film Critics Awards (1991)

Blue Dragon Film Awards (1991)

  • Best Director: Jang Kil-su
  • Best Supporting Actress: Kim Bo-yeon

Notes

  1. ^ Ahn, Jung-hyo (1990). Silver Stallion. New York City: Soho Press. ISBN 0-939149-30-3.
  2. ^ 은마는 오지 않는다 - 은마는 오지 않는다 (1991). Mydvdlist.co.kr (in Korean). Retrieved 2008-01-07.[permanent dead link‍]

Bibliography

  • Kim, Kyung-hyun (2004). "3. 'Is This How the War is Remembered?': Violent Sex and the Korean War in Silver Stallion, Spring in My Hometown, and The Taebaek Mountains". The Remasculinization of Korean Cinema. Durham and London: Duke University Press. pp. 81–87. ISBN 0-8223-3267-1.


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