Sa Bang-ji (Korean: 사방지) is a 1988 South Korean film directed by Song Kyung-shik. The film was inspired by the real life Sa Bangji, an intersex person of the Joseon Dynasty.[1]
Sa Bangji | |
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Hangul | 사방지 |
Hanja | |
Revised Romanization | Sa Bang-ji |
McCune–Reischauer | Sa Bang-ji |
Directed by | Song Kyung-shik |
Written by | Chi Sang-hak Ahn Tae-geun |
Produced by | Jeong Jun-gyo |
Starring | Lee Hye-young Bang Hee Kwak Jung-hee Park Am Lee Kyoung-hee |
Cinematography | Joo Hong-shik |
Edited by | Kim Hyeon |
Music by | Kim Hyeon |
Production company | In Chang Films Co. |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Plot
editSa Bangji is a hermaphrodite, born to a hardened criminal and mentally disturbed woman. Taken in at a monastery, Sa Bang-ji meets and falls in love with a grieving young widow, Lee So-sa, but she betrays him when their relationship is discovered by the elders in her family. Sa Bang-ji manages to escape and meets a shaman priestess named Myo-hwa, with whom he plots to take revenge. After Myo-hwa is killed, Sa Bang-ji and So-sa are reunited, but then Sa Bang-Ji is captured and killed and So-sa commits suicide.
Cast
edit- Lee Hye-young
- Bang Hee
- Kwak Jung-hee
- Park Am
- Lee Kyoung-hee
- Jo Seong-geun
- Cho Ju-mi
- Han Young-su
- Lee Young-gil
References
edit- ^ Jungmin, Kwon (2019). Straight Korean Female Fans and Their Gay Fantasies. University of Iowa Press. p. 96. ISBN 9781609386214.
External links
edit- Sa Bangji at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
- Sa Bangji at IMDb