About This Film
Featuring the Oscar-winner Youn Yuh-jung in one of the protagonist roles and one of the most important Korean filmmakers of all time in the face of Kim Ki-young, “The Insect Woman” is a truly masterful film, which even manages to move towards an exploitation path, apart from the melodramatic/family drama one. A title that works on a number of levels, both contextually and cinematically and one of those rare case when a movie can be both a masterpiece and cult.
Synopsis
After a rather intense introduction featuring a psychologically disturbed man checking himself in a mental hospital, we are introduced to Myeong-ja (Youn Yuh-jung), a schoolgirl whose life is in shambles after her father’s death. Her mother, unable to make ends meet for the family, forces her to get work in a hostess bar, in order to help pay for her brother’s tuition to college.
Featuring the Oscar-winner Youn Yuh-jung in one of the protagonist roles and one of the most important Korean filmmakers of all time in the face of Kim Ki-young, “The Insect Woman” is a truly masterful film, which even manages to move towards an exploitation path, apart from the melodramatic/family drama one. A title that works on a number of levels, both contextually and cinematically and one of those rare case when a movie can be both a masterpiece and cult.
Synopsis
After a rather intense introduction featuring a psychologically disturbed man checking himself in a mental hospital, we are introduced to Myeong-ja (Youn Yuh-jung), a schoolgirl whose life is in shambles after her father’s death. Her mother, unable to make ends meet for the family, forces her to get work in a hostess bar, in order to help pay for her brother’s tuition to college.
- 5/9/2021
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
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