Korean Film Festival 2009
February 19-21, 2009
Washington University, Brown Hall 100

Feb. 19, 7 pm Wildflower in Battlefield (1974)
Feb. 20, 7 pm Man with Three Coffins (1987)
Feb. 21, 3 pm The King and the Clown (2005)
7 pm Like a Virgin (2006)

Korean with English subtitles
Free and open to public

Wildflower in Battlefield (1974)
Director: LEE Man-hee
Set in the early days of the Korean War, Lee Man-hee’s film views the brutal fighting from the perspective of a young boy who has been adopted as a “mascot” by a group of soldiers. 102 minutes

Man with Three Coffins (1987)
Director: LEE Jang-ho
A man travels to Kang-won area to scatter his dead wife’s ashes. Along his journey, he encounters “the ghost of his wife” - a prostitute and a nurse, all of whom looks like his departed spouse. Based on a story by Yi Che-ha. 104 min.

The King and the Clown (2005)
Director: LEE Jun-ik
In the years of the infamous King Yeon-san, two clowns start a play that is satirical of the king and become popular among the common people. But soon they get arrested for treason, and they bet their lives on making the king laugh with their play acting. 119 min.

Like a Virgin (2006)
Director: LEE Hae-young, LEE Hae-jun
OH Dong-gu believes himself to be female. Although overweight and on the short side, he dreams of becoming the perfect some day, and he devotes himself to mimicking Madonna’s singing and dancing after school. To cover the costs of transsexual surgery, he decides to enter a wrestling competition. 117 min.

Sponsors: Korean Film Council (KOFIC); East Asian Studies Program, Film and Media Studies