Iodo (film) explained

Iodo
Native Name:	Child: yes Hide: no Header: none Hangul: 이어도 Rr: Ieodo Mr: Iŏdo
Director:	Kim Ki-young^[1]
Producer:	Lee Woo-seok
Starring:	Lee Hwa-si Kim Jeong-cheol Park Jeong-ja Park Ahm
Music:	Han Sang-ki
Cinematography:	Jeong Il-seong
Editing:	Hyeon Dong-choon
Studio:	DongAh Exports Co. Ltd.
Runtime:	110 minutes
Country:	South Korea
Language:	Korean

Iodo, also called Io Island, is a 1977 South Korean mystery film directed by Kim Ki-young, and based on the 1974 novel of the same title by Lee Cheong-jun. The title of the movie comes from the real-life island of Ieodo, which also inspired several plot elements of the film. It was shown at the 28th Berlin International Film Festival.^[2]

Plot

When a man from an island ruled by women disappears, the man suspected of killing him investigates his past.^[1]

Cast

• Lee Hwa-si as Sohn Min-ja (The barmaid)^[1]
• Choi Yun-seok as Cheon Nam-seok
• Kim Chung-chul as Sun Wu-hyun
• Park Jung-ja as the shaman
• Park Am as the editor-in-chief of Jeju Ilbo, a fictional newspaper
• Kwon Mi-Hae as Park Yeo-in
• Yeo Po
• Ko Sang-mi
• Lee Joung-ae
• Son Young-soon

Release

In February 2012, Taewon Entertainment, in partnership with the Korean Film Archive, had released the film on DVD.^[3]

References

Bibliography

• Web site: A Feast of Opposing Colors: Iodo. 2008-01-21. Choi. Eun-Yeung. The House of Kim Ki-young. https://web.archive.org/web/20031209194024/http://www.asianfilms.org/korea/kky/KKY/Stairway/CEY.htm. 2003-12-09. dead.
• Web site: Kim, Ki-young Master of Madness (From the 41st San Francisco International Film Festival). 2008-01-19. cinekorea.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080212202437/http://www.cinekorea.com/filmmakers/kimkiyoung.html. 2008-02-12.
• Web site: Specters of Korean Modernity: The Politics of Fetishism in Translation in Kim Ki-Young's Iodo. 2008-01-21. Kim. Soyoung. The House of Kim Ki-young. https://web.archive.org/web/20031210010521/http://www.asianfilms.org/korea/kky/KKY/Window/KSY2.htm. 2003-12-10.
• Web site: Between the Mainland and the Island: Internal Coloniality in Iodo. 2008-01-21. Lee. Kyung-Eun. The House of Kim Ki-young]. https://web.archive.org/web/20041013233730/http://www.asianfilms.org/korea/kky/KKY/Window/LKE.htm. 2004-10-13.
• Web site: Iodo. 2008-01-21. Lee. Kyung-Eun. The House of Kim Ki-young. https://web.archive.org/web/20031209230447/http://www.asianfilms.org/korea/kky/KKY/Cabinet/Iodo-f22.htm. 2003-12-09. dead.

External links

• • • Screen Slate write-up by Patrick Dahl

Notes and References

1. Web site: I-eoh Island (I-eodo) (1977). 2021-07-06. Korean Movie Database (KMDb).
2. Web site: Darcy. Paquet. Iodo (1977). 2021-07-06. koreanfilm.org.
3. Web site: Kim Ki-young (김기영) Collection. Pais. Jon. The Daejeon Chronicles. 2012-02-17. 2021-07-06.