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KANG Sang-woo | 2022 | Documentary | Color | DCP | 19min (K, E)
SYNOPSIS
In 1985, Sakyejul Publishing releases a novel about an infamous 16th century Korean thief called Im Kkeokjeong. The South Korean government confiscates the book on the basis that its author defected to North Korea, but the publishers succeed in reinstating it through a series of lawsuits. Twenty years later, a person claiming the copyright for the novel appears in Pyongyang. The publishers head to North Korea to meet him for the first ever inter-Korean copyright negotiation.
DIRECTING INTENTION
Stories that are left on the back page.
FESTIVAL & AWARDS
2022 DMZ International Documentary Film Festival
DIRECTOR

KANG Sang-woo
2019 KIM-GUN
STAFF
Director KANG Sang-woo
Production Company 1011 Films
Cinematographers KANG Sang-woo, KIM Donghyun, HAN Sunhee
Editors KANG Sang-woo, KIM Donghyun
Music HAN Donghoon
CG KIM Sanghyun
Title Design KIM Sanghyun
Cast KIM Youngjong, KANG Marxill, JEONG Han-seong, KIM Tae-hee, MYEONG Yeon-pa, HWANG Soo-kyung, KIM Han-young, KANG Young-joo, SHIN Dong-ho, CHOI Jae-bong, AHN Seok-hee, SHIN Yeon-sook, PARK In-je