Madame Aema (Korean: 애마부인; also known as Mrs. Emma) is a 1982 South Korean film, an adaptation of a novel by Jo Su-bi. 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]
| Madame Aema | |
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 Poster to Madame Aema (1982) | |
| Hangul | 애마부인 |
| Hanja | |
| Revised Romanization | Aemabuin |
| McCune–Reischauer | Aemabuin |
| Directed by | Jeong In-yeob[1] |
| Written by | Lee Mun-woong |
| Produced by | Choi Chun-ji |
| Starring | Ahn So-young Lim Dong-jin |
| Cinematography | Lee Seok-gi |
| Edited by | Kim Hui-su |
| Music by | Shin Pyong-ha |
| Distributed by | Yeonbang Movies |
Release date |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
Synopsis
editWhile 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
edit- Ahn So-young: Madame Aema (Oh Su-bi)[1]
- Im 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
editMadame Aema was the first erotic film to be made after South Korea's government began relaxing its control of the film industry and the enactment of the so called "3S Act". 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,[a] making it the longest-running series in the history of Korean cinema.[3]
References
edit- ^ See {{Madame Aema}}.
- ^ a b c "The Ae-ma Woman (Aemabu-in) (1982)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 2020-02-10.
- ^ Lee, Young-il (1988). The History of Korean Cinema. Seoul: Motion Picture Promotion Corporation. p. 300. ISBN 89-88095-12-X.
- ^ a b Lankov, Andrei (2007-12-13). "(481) Dictating Sex". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2021-11-21.
- ^ "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 2021-11-21.
Bibliography
edit- Aema buin (1982) at IMDb
- "끝없이 춤추는 '애마부인' 시리즈… 제8편 곧 극장개봉 (The Endless Aema Buin Series)". Hankyoreh. 1993-04-03.
- "<애마부인> 감독 정인엽 인터뷰 (Interview with Madame Aema Director, Seong In-yeob)" (in Korean). www.cine21.com. 2002-02-08. Retrieved 2021-11-21.