Gilsotteum

Gilsotteum is a 1986 South Korean drama film directed by Im Kwon-taek.^[1] It was entered into the 36th Berlin International Film Festival.^[2]

Gilsotteum
Film poster
Hangul	길소뜸
RR	Gilsotteum
MR	Kilsottŭm
Directed by	Im Kwon-taek
Written by	Song Gil-han
Produced by	Park Jong-chan
Starring	Kim Ji-mee Shin Seong-il
Cinematography	Jung Il-sung
Edited by	Park Soon-duk
Music by	Kim Jung-gil
Release date	5 April 1986 (1986-04-05)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

Plot

In 1983, KBS launched a campaign to reunite families torn apart in the Korean War three decades earlier. In an expert dissection of the social and familial rifts in modern Korea, director Im Kwon-taek integrates footage from the campaign into the story of Hwa-yeong, who leaves her middle-class life in Busan to search for the son she lost in Gilsotteum during the war.^[3]

Cast

• Kim Ji-mee as Hwa-yeong
• Shin Seong-il as Dong-jin
• Han Ji-il
• Kim Ji-young
• Lee Sang-a

Production

In this film, Lee Sang-a has brief love scenes and a full rear nude shot. The actress, who was 13 or 14 years old during filming, revealed in 2015 that she was forced to do the nude scene by director Im Kwon-taek.^[4]