Love, Love, My Love (1985)

Original title

사랑 사랑 내사랑

Directed by

Shin Sang-ok

Genre

romance, drama, music

Country

North Korea

Runtime

2h 43m

Rating

10.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young woman from a low class falls in love with a nobleman's son and they marry in secret. When he is sent away to become a government official, a corrupt governor imprisons her and she faces execution before her lover returns to save her.

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What happens

Love, Love, My Love (Korean: 사랑 사랑 내사랑; MR: Sarang sarang naesarang) is a 1985 North Korean musical film in the genre of romantic melodrama. It was directed and produced by South Korea's Shin Sang-ok while he and his wife Choi Eun-hee were abductees in North Korea. The plot is based on the Korean folk tale, The Tale of Chunhyang. Chunhyang falls in love with the upper-class Ri Mong-ryong, but they must marry in secret. Mong-ryong is sent away to become a government official. While he is away, Chunhyang is imprisoned by a corrupt governor. Mong-ryong returns just in time to save her from execution and the two can publicly proclaim their love. Jang Song-hui who plays the lead part of Chunhyang was an unusual choice. Her features were sharp and Western, which was not what Kim Jong Il, whose preferences were usually followed, appreciated in a woman. Shin's wife Choi Eun-hee makes an appearance as Chunhyang's mother. Shin utilized techniques from North Korean mass games to realize the song-and-dance spectacles of the film. Love, Love, My Love was an immense success that the North Korean audience loved. Its liberal view on sexuality, including the first kiss on North Korean screens, was what attracted many people to go and see the film several times. The popular success of the film even caused illegal ticket re-selling for the first time ever in Pyongyang. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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