Oyster Village

Oyster Village (Korean: 석화촌; Seokhwachon) is a 1972 South Korean drama film directed by Jung Jin-woo. It was awarded Best Film at the Blue Dragon Film Awards ceremony and was nominated for the Golden Bear at the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival.[2]

Oyster Village
Theatrical poster
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSeokhwachon
McCune–ReischauerSŏk‘wach‘on
Directed byJung Jin-woo[1]
Written byMoon Yang-hoon
Na Yeon-sook
Na Bong-han
Based onOyster Village
by Lee Cheong-jun
Produced byJung Jin-woo
StarringYoon Jeong-hee
CinematographyPark Seung-bae
Edited byKim Hee-soo
Music byHan Sang-ki
Distributed byWoo Jin Films Co., Ltd.
Release date
  • March 22, 1972 (1972-03-22)
Running time
96 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Plot

In an island village that makes its living from oyster fishing, the villagers believe that a dead person's soul cannot go to heaven until another person has died. After Byol-Rye's father drowns, her mother kills herself. Byol-Rye then marries a sickly man on the condition that his father helps Byol-Rye's mother go to heaven. Based on a novel.[1]

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