Madame Aema
| Madame Aema | |
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 Poster to Madame Aema (1982) | |
| Hangul | 애마부인 |
| Hanja | 愛麻婦人 |
| Revised Romanization | Aemabuin |
| McCune–Reischauer | Aemapuin |
| Directed by | Jeong In-yeob[1] |
| Produced by | Choi Chun-ji |
| Written by | Lee Mun-woong |
| Starring |
Ahn So-young Lim Dong-jin |
| Music by | Shin Pyong-ha |
| Cinematography | Lee Seok-gi |
| Edited by | Kim Hui-su |
| Distributed by | Yeonbang Movies |
Release dates |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
Madame Aema (애마부인 - Aema buin; also known as Mrs. Emma) is a 1982 South Korean film. A box-office hit, it was one of only two films to sell more than 100,000 tickets in Seoul during the year of 1982.[2]
Synopsis
While her husband is in prison, Oh Su-bi engages in extramarital affairs. As she is preparing to leave for France with one of her lovers, her husband is released, and she returns to him.[1]
Cast
- Ahn So-young: Madame Aema (Oh Su-bi)[1]
- Lim Dong-jin: Aema's husband (Shin Hyun-wu)
- Hah Myung-joong
- Ha Jae-young
- Kim Jin-kyu
- Jeon Shook
- Kim Ae-kyung
- Kim Seon-hui
- Moon Tai-sun
- Kim Min-gyu
Background
Madame Aema was the first erotic film to be made after South Korea's government began relaxing its control of the film industry. The government's only interference was to change the Chinese characters used in the film's title. The government censors insisted that the characters in the title be changed from "愛馬婦人" (lit. Horse-Loving Lady) to "愛麻婦人" (lit. Hemp-Loving Lady). Both versions of the title are pronounced, "Aema Buin", a hint at the French film Emmanuelle (1974), which had been popular in Korea.[3][4] The most sexually explicit South Korean film made up to its time, Madame Aema's success ushered in an era of similar erotic films during the 1980s, such as director Lee Doo-yong's Mulberry (1986). The film inspired at least 10 sequels, making it the longest-running series in the history of Korean cinema.[3]
Notes
- 1 2 3 "The Ae-ma Woman (Aemabu-in)(1982)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-06-24. External link in
|publisher=(help) - ↑ Lee, Young-il (1988). The History of Korean Cinema. Seoul: Motion Picture Promotion Corporation. p. 300. ISBN 89-88095-12-X.
- 1 2 Lankov, Andrei (2007-12-13). "(481) Dictating Sex". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 2007-12-26. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
- ↑ "불능의 시대 밤의 여왕 <애마부인> 20년, 그 환각과 도피의 초상 (Article on 20th anniversary of start of series)" (in Korean). www.cine21.com. 2002-02-08. Retrieved 2009-06-24. External link in
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Bibliography
- Aema buin (1982) at the Internet Movie Database
- "애마부인 (Aema buin) 1982" (in Korean). www.cine21.com. Retrieved 2007-12-18. External link in
|publisher=(help) - Lankov, Andrei (2007-12-13). "(481) Dictating Sex". The Korea Times. Archived from the original on 2007-12-26. Retrieved 2007-12-19.
- "The Ae-ma Woman (Aemabu-in)(1982)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 2009-06-24. External link in
|publisher=(help) - 끝없이 춤추는 ‘애마부인’ 시리즈… 제8편 곧 극장개봉 (The Endless Aema Buin Series) Hanyeorae (한 겨 레) newspaper, April 3, 1993.
- "불능의 시대 밤의 여왕 <애마부인> 20년, 그 환각과 도피의 초상 (Article on 20th anniversary of start of series)" (in Korean). www.cine21.com. 2002-02-08. Retrieved 2009-06-24. External link in
|publisher=(help) - "<애마부인> 감독 정인엽 인터뷰 (Interview with Madame Aema Director, Seong In-yeob)" (in Korean). www.cine21.com. 2002-02-08. Retrieved 2009-06-24. External link in
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