Bichunmoo

DIRECTOR & CAST ~ Written on 03 May 2001

Director

Kim Young-jun is a young director who, from early on, has gained the Korean film industry's attention by winning the Eastman Kodak Award, and cinematography awards from domestic film festivals with his short film, <Sometime Somewhere>. Through <Bichunmoo>, he communicates the suspense of action based on tragic love, the dynamism and heroism of martial arts, and the drama of longing, remembrance, and reconciliation. <Bichunmoo> is his debut feature film.

Director's Statement

" (I was) Aiming for a Dynamic and Heroic Martial Arts Movie. The core of <Bichunmoo> is love that transcends death. This revolves around in Jinha and Sullie's pain at being parted by fate despite the longing to see and touch one another and is fused into the martial arts and action scenes.

Conflicts and reconciliation between the different races (Koryo, Han, Mongolian), living on the Chinese continent, are minutely portrayed. On the surface, Jinha and Sullie's love is a tragedy, but this method of love that can keep them together becomes a hope and a promise for the next world.

The sad lives of commoners who lived through chaotic changes in history, the ambitious desire and duty of rulers, convoluted love and hate, intrigue, father-son conflicts, Koryo refugees' homesickness -all these aspects of humanity that cannot be stereotyped are portrayed in detail through spectacular imagery. I think of looking at the year 2000 over again through this legendary story that takes place in the 14th century Yuan."

Cast

Jinha/Jaharang: Shin Hyun-june

Sullie: Kim Hee-sun

Junkwang: Jeong Jin-young

Tarugal: Kim Hak-chu

Kwakjung: Ki Joo-bong

Main Characters

Jinha/Jaharang

A descendant of a fallen Koryo migrant, he grew up without even knowing what his parents looked like. He goes against fate when he falls in love with the daughter of Tarugal, the Mongolian general, who killed his parents. Later on, he is transformed into Jaharang, a hired assassin, and walks to and fro in the world of somber murders.

Sullie

She is forever crossed by fate for the crime of loving her enemy's son. She is loved by her step-brother Lai and her husband Junkwang, but cannot forget her love for Jinha. Later on, an aspect of strength shows through her delicacy in her conflict between love and revenge.

Junkwang

A son of a Han lord who is favored by the Yuan Imperial court, Junkwang marries Sullie but is always walking the tightrope of a dangerously one-sided love. His loyalty to Jinha and his obsession with Sullie makes him a tragic figure. He is an oxymoron of someone who has everything and yet can never have anything.

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