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13th(2011)



Black Hair

LEE Man-hee

  • Korea
  • 1964
  • 105min
  • 35mm
  • black and white
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SYNOPSIS


 Synopsis
 Yeon-sil with black hair betrays Dong-il, a knave, to have a constant sexual relationship with Man-ho, an opium addict. But Dong-il abducts her. She falls to a prostitute with her face scarred. After that, she meets a reliable man and loves him deeply. When Dong-il finds out the fact, his henchmen kidnaps Yeon-sil.


 


 Program Note
 Black Hair is the representative noir in 60¡¯s Korean cinema which is the ¡®Golden Age¡¯ of genre film. Yeun-sil with black hair (Black Hair) is a wife of an underground gangster Dong-il who actively rules the Seoul City. She is thrown out of the organization with scarred face because of an ¡®inappropriate relationship¡¯ with Man-ho who is one of Dong-il¡¯s men. The femme Black Hair is a variation form classical noir style; in classical noir narrative a femme fatale gets punished at the end of the story but Black Hair starts with the punishment of a femme fatale and drives the Boss towards destruction when he cannot get over a woman who he had punished.
 Therefore, in gender relationship, Black Hair comes to a propagate film noir. The change occurred by the double or triple love stories around Yeun-sil strengthens the melodramatic elements when she becomes a main protagonist. The director LEE Manhee masterly handles the rules of genre and creates close to perfect frame to show formally refined set of Black Hair and reproduced 60¡¯s dark city and its dangers in the back alley as the fantasy of genre film. MOON Jung-sook, the main actress, who wonders around the City with long black hair with her sentimental facial express, leaves impressive and memorable moments throughout the film. (KWON Eun-sun)

PROGRAM NOTE


 Synopsis
 Yeon-sil with black hair betrays Dong-il, a knave, to have a constant sexual relationship with Man-ho, an opium addict. But Dong-il abducts her. She falls to a prostitute with her face scarred. After that, she meets a reliable man and loves him deeply. When Dong-il finds out the fact, his henchmen kidnaps Yeon-sil.


 


 Program Note
 Black Hair is the representative noir in 60¡¯s Korean cinema which is the ¡®Golden Age¡¯ of genre film. Yeun-sil with black hair (Black Hair) is a wife of an underground gangster Dong-il who actively rules the Seoul City. She is thrown out of the organization with scarred face because of an ¡®inappropriate relationship¡¯ with Man-ho who is one of Dong-il¡¯s men. The femme Black Hair is a variation form classical noir style; in classical noir narrative a femme fatale gets punished at the end of the story but Black Hair starts with the punishment of a femme fatale and drives the Boss towards destruction when he cannot get over a woman who he had punished.
 Therefore, in gender relationship, Black Hair comes to a propagate film noir. The change occurred by the double or triple love stories around Yeun-sil strengthens the melodramatic elements when she becomes a main protagonist. The director LEE Manhee masterly handles the rules of genre and creates close to perfect frame to show formally refined set of Black Hair and reproduced 60¡¯s dark city and its dangers in the back alley as the fantasy of genre film. MOON Jung-sook, the main actress, who wonders around the City with long black hair with her sentimental facial express, leaves impressive and memorable moments throughout the film. (KWON Eun-sun)

Director

  • LEE Man-heeLEE Man-hee

    Born in 1931, LEE Man-hee studied directing under AHN Jong-hwa, PARK Gu and KIM Myung-jae, and made his debut film Kaleidoscope (1961). He showed his outstanding ability in directing through Marines Are Gone (1963). LEE had to make a way to the court due to his problematic film The Seven Female POW¡¯s (1965). His career hit its climax with yet another film Full Autumn (1966). In the later years, his taste moved from situation-centered world view with much suspense toward a meditative one overcoming differences in ideology.

Credit

  • ProducerAN Tae-sik
  • Cast MOON Jung-suk, JANG Dong-he, LEE Dae-yub
  • Screenwriter HAW Wu-jeong, LEE Man-hee
  • Cinematography SEO Jeong-min
  • Art director HONG Seong-chil
  • Editor KIM Chang-soon
  • Music JEON Jong-kun
  • Sound SOHN In-ho, CHOI Hyung-rai