| Oyster Village | |||||||||||||
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| Director: | Jung Jin-woo[1] | ||||||||||||
| Producer: | Jung Jin-woo | ||||||||||||
| Starring: | Yoon Jeong-hee | ||||||||||||
| Music: | Han Sang-ki | ||||||||||||
| Cinematography: | Park Seung-bae | ||||||||||||
| Editing: | Kim Hee-soo | ||||||||||||
| Distributor: | Woo Jin Films Co., Ltd. | ||||||||||||
| Runtime: | 96 minutes | ||||||||||||
| Country: | South Korea | ||||||||||||
| Language: | Korean | ||||||||||||
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]
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]