Poongsan (2011)
풍산개 poong-san-gae
Director Juhn Jai-hong Script Writer Kim Ki-duk Composer Park In-young Executive Producer Kim Ki-duk Samuel Kim Kim Kyungmi Producer Jeon Yoon Chan Production Company Kim Ki Duk Film
121 min, South Korea, Korean, Thriller Theatrical release Date in Korea June 23, 2011
Written and produced by Kim Ki-duk, and helmed by his former assistant director Juhn Jai-hong (Beautiful), Poongsan injects new life into Korean North-South espionage thrillers with its edgy portrayal of a mysterious man who crosses the DMZ to provide a unique kind of courier service. From its heart-wrenching opening shot to its breathtaking end, the film is unfaltering in its momentum and often unbearable in its intensity, delivering shocks to the system as it runs the extraordinary gamut of love, longing, jealousy, hate, desperation, intrigue, cruelty and madness. Favorable audience responses along with critical accolades have propelled Poongsan to one of the four biggest hits domestically….….
- Film Review by Maggie Lee, The Hollywood Reporter
[Award]
2012 Korean entry final list for Oscar’s best foreign film 2011 Winner of FIPRESCI, The Korean Association of Film Critics Awards
[Festival]
2018 K-South & North, Florence Korea Film Fest, Florence, Italy 2012 Kosmorama, Trondheim International Film Festival, Trondheim, Norway 2012 Younghwa series, Museum of Modern Art, New York 2012 CPH:PIX, Copenhagen, Denmark 2012 International Film Festival of Kerala 2012 International Eurasia Film Festival Film, Kazakhastan 2012 Competition, Rome Film Festival, Rome, Italy 2012 Florence Korea Film Fest, Florence, Italy 2012 Belgrade Int’l Film Festival, Belgrade, Serbia 2012 Transilvania Int’l Film Festival, Transilvania, Romania 2012 International Film Festival of Kerala, India 2012 Fantasia Int’l Film Festival, Montreal, Canada 2011 Competition, Tokyo FilmEx, Tokyo, Japan 2011 Brussels Int’l Fantastic Film Festival, Brussels, Belgium 2011 Copenhagen Int’l Film Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark 2011 Panorama, Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival, Estonia 2011 Korean Cinema Today - Panorama, Busan Int’l Film Festival, Busan, South Korea
