Mist
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Overview
Gi-jun, who climbed his way up to become an executive by marrying the widowed daughter of a pharmaceutical company CEO, feels bored about his work life. Sensing his lethargy, his wife suggests he take a trip home to Mujin. Gi-jun arrives in Mujin, which is known for nothing other than its mist and follows his friend Park to the house of Cho Han-su, the Head of Tax Affairs. There, he meets In-suk who graduated from a music school in Seoul and they become interested in each other.
* Source: Korean Film Archive
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Review
Mist is a masterpiece of Korean modernist films, directed by Kim Sooyong, a leading figure in literary cinema. Adapted from Kim Seung-ok’s short story, Record of a Journey to Mujin, hailed as a revolution of sensitivity, the film follows a man’s mental wandering. Yun Gi-jun, who married a widow and rose to success overnight through her father’s pharmaceutical company, embarks on a journey to his hometown, Mujin, for a few days at his wife’s urging. He encounters a music teacher, Ha In-suk, reminiscent of his former self, and makes an empty promise. The film exposes the hypocrisy of intellectuals at the time. The cinematographer, Jang Seok-jun, captures the mist enveloping the film, effectively infusing it with a pervasive atmosphere of lethargy and dreaminess. The discord between sound and imagery, alongside the blurred boundaries between past and present or imagination and reality in directing, marked a novel experiment that introduced the style of European modernist cinema to Korea. The theme song of the same title by Jung Hoon Hee is well-known, and the film is also recognized as the inspiration for Decision to Leave (2022). (PARK Seho)
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Credit
- DirectorKIM Sooyong
- ProducerKIM Tae-soo
- ScreenplayKIM Seung-ok
- CinematographyJANG Seok-jun
- GafferSON Yeong-cheol
- Production DesignPARK Seok-in
- MusicJEONG Yun-ju
- EditorYU Jae-won
- SoundLEE Gyeong-sun
- CastSHIN Seong-il, YOON Jeong-hee, KIM Chung-chul, LEE Nak-hoon
Film Source
Taehung Pictures⎜bcs7950@hanmail.net
Director
KIM Sooyong
Born in Anseong, in 1929. He made his directorial debut with the feature A Henpecked Husband (1958) after getting his start in army marketing and educational films in the army. He subsequently directed over 120 films in 40 years including Bloodline (1963), Sorrow Even Up in Heaven (1965), The Earth (1974), Late Fall (1981), and Scent of Love (1999).
