Madame Aema Explained

Madame Aema
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Hangul:애마부인
Rr:Aemabuin
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Director:Jeong In-yeob
Producer:Choi Chun-ji
Starring:Ahn So-young
Lim Dong-jin
Music:Shin Pyong-ha
Cinematography:Lee Seok-gi
Editing:Kim Hui-su
Distributor:Yeonbang Movies
Runtime:102 minutes
Country:South Korea
Language:Korean

Madame Aema (; also known as Mrs. Emma) is a 1982 South Korean film, an adaptation of a novel by . A box-office hit, it was one of only two films to sell more than 100,000 tickets in Seoul during the year of 1982.[1]

Synopsis

While her husband is in prison, Oh Su-bi engages in extramarital affairs. As she is preparing to leave for France with one of her lovers, her husband is released, and she returns to him.[2]

Cast

Background

Madame Aema was the first erotic film to be made after South Korea's government began relaxing its control of the film industry and the enactment of the so called "3S Act". The government's only interference was to change the Chinese characters used in the film's title. The government censors insisted that the characters in the title be changed from "愛馬婦人" (lit. Horse-Loving Lady) to "愛麻婦人" (lit. Hemp-Loving Lady). Both versions of the title are pronounced, "Aema Buin", a hint at the French film Emmanuelle (1974), which had been popular in Korea.[3] The most sexually explicit South Korean film made up to its time, Madame Aemas success ushered in an era of similar erotic films during the 1980s, such as director Lee Doo-yong's Mulberry (1986). The film inspired at least 10 sequels, making it the longest-running series in the history of Korean cinema.[4]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Lee, Young-il. The History of Korean Cinema. 1988. Motion Picture Promotion Corporation. Seoul. 89-88095-12-X. 300.
  2. Web site: The Ae-ma Woman (Aemabu-in) (1982). 2020-02-10. KMDb Korean Movie Database.
  3. Web site: 불능의 시대 밤의 여왕 <애마부인> 20년, 그 환각과 도피의 초상 (Article on 20th anniversary of start of series). 2021-11-21. www.cine21.com. 2002-02-08. Korean.
  4. Web site: (481) Dictating Sex. 2007-12-13. 2021-11-21. Lankov. Andrei. Andrei Lankov. The Korea Times.