Perhaps unknown to many at the time, especially at the onset of the Asian financial crisis, 1997 would become a huge year for South Korean cinema, turning the tide before the country’s second New Wave. Lee Chang-dong released his multi-award-winning feature length debut ‘Green Fish’; ‘The Contact’ would catapult director Chang Yoon-hyun and stars Han Suk-kyu (who also starred in ‘Green Fish’ and in Song Nung-han’s debut ‘No.3’ that year) and Jeon Do-yeon; and Jeon Soo-il’s debut short ‘Wind Echoing In My Being’ would later screen at the Un Certain Regard in Cannes. Amongst all this, came Kim Sung-su’s tumultuous tale of wayward youth ‘Beat’ – starring the yet-unknown Jung Woo-sung in his breakthrough role – a landmark in the country’s gangster cinema stylings which boasts enough mainstream whilst remaining decidedly artistic in its execution.
“Beat” is screening at Florence Korea Film Fest
A tumultuous a coming-of-age gangster odyssey,...
“Beat” is screening at Florence Korea Film Fest
A tumultuous a coming-of-age gangster odyssey,...
- 3/26/2019
- by Jamie Cansdale
- AsianMoviePulse
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