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Iodo
Edition:KOFIC ed.
Content:Feature Film
Available From:KOFIC - Korean Film Council
Dong-A Export
Media Type:DVD
Release Date:1977
Audience:Higher Education
Running Time:110 minutes
Physical Description:NTSC; 2:35:1 Widescreen ; dual layer
Language:Korean with subtitles
Author:Directed by Kim Ki-young
Resource Library Number:EAKDVD 36.1
Subject:Anthropology and Sociology
Subheading:Rituals and Customs
Social Relations
Region:East Asia
Country:South Korea



Abstract:

"Synopsis: A marketing campaign is launched for a new hotel to be built on Jeju Island, with planning manager SUN Woo-hyun in charge of public relations. He explains that the hotel has been named 'Iodo' after a legendary island, where the souls of fisherman lost at sea are said to find peace. He plans for a special cruise to promote the new hotel, and invites members of the press to come along for a special announcement. However, when he annouces on board that the ship will sail to find the legendary Iodo, a local journalist becomes furious and confronts him. Later that night, the journalist disappears and Woo-hyun is suspected of murder. To clear his name, he travels with the head of a local newspaper to the island where the missing journalist grew up..." -- DVD case for the Korean Film Council edition, included in The Varied Colors of Korean Cinema 2005 Collection.




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