Woman of Fire

Woman of Fire
Poster for Woman of Fire (1971)
Hangul	화녀
Hanja	火女
Revised Romanization	Hwanyeo
McCune–Reischauer	Hwanyŏ
Directed by	Kim Ki-young[1]
Produced by	Jung Jin-woo
Written by	Kim Ki-young
Starring	Namkoong Won Youn Yuh-jung
Music by	Han Sang-ki
Cinematography	Jung Il-sung
Edited by	Kim Hee-su
Distributed by	Woo Jin Films Co., Ltd.
Release dates	April 1, 1971
Running time	98 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

Woman of Fire (Hangul: 화녀; RR: Hwanyeo) is an award-winning 1971 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-young. This was the second film in Kim's Housemaid trilogy followed by Woman of Fire '82.

Synopsis

A variation on Kim's classic The Housemaid (1960). The lives of a composer and his wife, who live on a chicken farm, are thrown into turmoil when a femme fatale joins their household.^[2]

Cast

• Namkoong Won... Dong-shik^[3]
• Jeon Gye-hyeon... Jeong-suk
• Youn Yuh-jung... Myeong-ja
• Choi Moo-ryong... Detective
• Kim Ju-mi-hye
• O Yeong-a... Hye-ok
• Hwang Baek
• Chu Seok-yang... Ki-ja
• Lee Hoon
• Lee Ji-yeon

Awards

• Festival de Cine de Sitges^[4]
  • Special Mention Best Actress (Youn Yuh-jung)
• Blue Dragon Film Awards^[5]
  • Best Director (Kim Ki-young)

Notes

1. Infobox data from "Woman of Fire (Hwanyeo)(1971)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 2008-01-22. External link in |publisher= (help) and Hwayo (1970) at the Internet Movie Database
2. Synopsis from "Woman of Fire (Hwanyeo)(1971)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 2008-01-22. External link in |publisher= (help)
3. Cast listing based on "화녀 - Woman of Fire (Hwanyeo) (1971)" (in Korean). KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 2008-01-22. External link in |publisher= (help)
4. "Awards for Hwayo (1970)". IMDB. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
5. "김기영 (Ki-Young Kim / 金綺泳 )" (in Korean). mydvdlist.co.kr. Retrieved 2008-01-22. External link in |publisher= (help)

Bibliography

• Ahn, Min-hwa. "Representing the Anxious Middle Class: Camera Movement, Sound, and Color in The Housemaid and Woman of Fire". The House of Kim Ki-young. Archived from the original on 2004-05-06. Retrieved 2007-12-26. External link in |publisher= (help)
• Ahn, Min-hwa. "Woman of Fire". The House of Kim Ki-young. Archived from the original on 2004-05-06. Retrieved 2008-01-21. External link in |publisher= (help)
• Hwayo (1970) at the Internet Movie Database
• Sin, Chang-Heui. "A Study of the Images of Women in Kim Ki-young's Films: Woman of Fire, Numi, and Carnivore". The House of Kim Ki-young. Archived from the original on 2003-12-09. Retrieved 2008-01-21. External link in |publisher= (help)
• "Woman of Fire (Hwanyeo)(1971)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 2008-01-22. External link in |publisher= (help)