Promise of the Flesh

Promise of the Flesh
Hangul	육체의 약속
Hanja	肉體의 約束
Revised Romanization	Yukcheui yaksok
McCune–Reischauer	Yukch‘eŭi yaksok
Directed by	Kim Ki-young[1]
Produced by	Lee Woo-suk
Written by	Kim Ji-heon
Starring	Kim Ji-mee Lee Jung-gil
Music by	Han Sang-ki
Cinematography	Jung Il-sung
Edited by	Hyeon Dong-chun
Distributed by	Dong-a Exports Co. Ltd.
Release dates	July 26, 1975 (1975-07-26)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

Promise of the Flesh (Hangul: 육체의 약속; RR: Yukche-ui yaksok) is an award-winning 1975 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-young.

Synopsis

A melodrama about a female prisoner who meets a man while on leave to visit her mother's grave. Not knowing that the man is a thief, she promises to meet him at a park two years later, after she is released from prison.^[2]

Cast

• Kim Ji-mee^[3]
• Lee Jung-gil
• Park Jung-ja
• Park Am
• Jo Jae-seong
• Han Se-hun
• Yu Chun-su
• Yeo Han-dong
• Kim Chung-chul
• Lee Yong-ho

Awards

• Grand Bell Awards (1975)^[4]
  • Best Actress (Kim Ji-mee)
  • Best Supporting Actress (Park Jung-ja)

Notes

Bibliography

• Berry, Chris. "Promise of the Flesh". The House of Kim Ki-young. Archived from the original on 2004-05-05. Retrieved 2008-01-21.  External link in |publisher= (help)
• Berry, Chris. "Whose Story Is It? Gender, Narrative and Narration in Promise of the Flesh". The House of Kim Ki-young. Archived from the original on 2004-05-05. Retrieved 2008-01-21.  External link in |publisher= (help)
• "Kim, Ki-young Master of Madness (From the 41st San Francisco International Film Festival)". www.cinekorea.com. Retrieved 2008-01-19.  External link in |publisher= (help)
• "Promises (Yugche-ui yagsog)(1975)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved 2008-01-19.  External link in |publisher= (help)
• Yukcheui yaksok (1975) at the Internet Movie Database