Janghwa Hongryeon jeon (1936 film) explained

Story of Jang-hwa and Hong-ryeon
Native Name:	Child: yes Hide: no Header: none Hangul: 장화홍련전 Rr: Janghwa Hongryeon jeon Mr: Chang-hwa hong-ryŏn jŏn
Director:	Gae-myeong Hong
Starring:	Su-il Mun Gyeong-sun Ji Jong-cheol Lee
Language:	Silent film Korean intertitles
Country:	Korea
Budget:	1,500 won

Story of Janghwa and Hongryeon is a 1936 Korean silent film directed by Gae-myeong Hong.^[1] The film is based on a popular Korean fairy tale "Janghwa Hongryeon jeon".^[2]

Cast

• Su-il Mun
  • Gyeong-sun Ji
• Jong-cheol Lee

Background

This adaptation of a literary classic is typical of the Colonial Korea film production.^[3]

Other adaptations of the story

'Janghwa Hongryeon jeon' (often referred to as 'A Tale of Two Sisters' or 'Two Sisters') had been adapted for the screen in 1924, and was again later adapted in 1956, 1962, 1972, 2003, and 2009.

Notes and References

1. Web site: SensCritique . Janghwa Hongryeon jeon - Film (1936) . 2023-09-14 . SensCritique . fr.
2. Book: Głownia, Dawid . Koreańskie kino grozy i science fiction.
3. Book: Kim, Dong Hoon . Eclipsed Cinema: The Film Culture of Colonial Korea . 2017-03-22 . Edinburgh University Press . 978-1-4744-2182-9 . en.