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Sa Bangji (film)

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1988 South Korean film
Sa Bangji
Theatrical poster
Hangul사방지
Hanja
Revised RomanizationSa Bang-ji
McCune–ReischauerSa Bang-ji
Directed bySong Kyung-shik
Written byChi Sang-hak
Ahn Tae-geun
Produced byJeong Jun-gyo
StarringLee Hye-young
Bang Hee
Kwak Jung-hee
Park Am
Lee Kyoung-hee
CinematographyJoo Hong-shik
Edited byKim Hyeon
Music byKim Hyeon
Production
company
In Chang Films Co.
Release date
  • October 29, 1988 (1988-10-29)
Running time94 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Sa Bang-ji (Korean: 사방지) is a 1988 South Korean film directed by Song Kyung-shik. The film was inspired by the real life Sa Bangji, an intersex person of the Joseon Dynasty.

Plot

Sa Bangji is a hermaphrodite, born to a hardened criminal and mentally disturbed woman. Taken in at a monastery, Sa Bang-ji meets and falls in love with a grieving young widow, Lee So-sa, but she betrays him when their relationship is discovered by the elders in her family. Sa Bang-ji manages to escape and meets a shaman priestess named Myo-hwa, with whom he plots to take revenge. After Myo-hwa is killed, Sa Bang-ji and So-sa are reunited, but then Sa Bang-Ji is captured and killed and So-sa commits suicide.

Cast

  • Lee Hye-young
  • Bang Hee
  • Kwak Jung-hee
  • Park Am
  • Lee Kyoung-hee
  • Jo Seong-geun
  • Cho Ju-mi
  • Han Young-su
  • Lee Young-gil

References

  1. Jungmin, Kwon (2019). Straight Korean Female Fans and Their Gay Fantasies. University of Iowa Press. p. 96. ISBN 9781609386214.

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