This is a documentary that records the actions of the elderly who makes straw shoes. It was filmed in Bongcheon-dong for a day before the urban redevelopment that area. It sharply contrasts the primitive labor of agricultural society and the modern urban labor with bold close-ups and cross editing. Against the backdrop of a poor hillside village in Seoul, it contains young filmmakers’ criticism on labor and society with an anthropological perspective. The film is the last one of the total seven short films made by director Kim Hongjun and Hwang Juho using a self-taught Super 8mm camera for a year from 1976 to 1977 before the founding of Yalasheng, a film society of Seoul National University. The film was selected at the 3rd SIFF.
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Kim Hong-joon Director · Hwang Juho Director
First release January 1, 1977 · Produced in South Korea · Original title 짚신
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South Korea
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Original title
짚신
Original language
Korean
Spoken on screen
Korean
Release dates
South Korea · January 1, 1977
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