| Sa Bangji | |||||||||||||
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| Director: | Song Kyung-shik | ||||||||||||
| Producer: | Jeong Jun-gyo | ||||||||||||
| Starring: | Lee Hye-young Bang Hee Kwak Jung-hee Park Am Lee Kyoung-hee | ||||||||||||
| Music: | Kim Hyeon | ||||||||||||
| Cinematography: | Joo Hong-shik | ||||||||||||
| Editing: | Kim Hyeon | ||||||||||||
| Studio: | In Chang Films Co. | ||||||||||||
| Runtime: | 94 minutes | ||||||||||||
| Country: | South Korea | ||||||||||||
| Language: | Korean | ||||||||||||
Sa Bang-ji is a 1988 South Korean film directed by Song Kyung-shik. The film was inspired by the real life Sa Bangji, an intersex person of the Joseon Dynasty.[1]
Sa Bangji is a hermaphrodite, born to a hardened criminal and mentally disturbed woman. Taken in at a monastery, Sa Bang-ji meets and falls in love with a grieving young widow, Lee So-sa, but she betrays him when their relationship is discovered by the elders in her family. Sa Bang-ji manages to escape and meets a shaman priestess named Myo-hwa, with whom he plots to take revenge. After Myo-hwa is killed, Sa Bang-ji and So-sa are reunited, but then Sa Bang-Ji is captured and killed and So-sa commits suicide.