Ban Geum-ryeon

Ban Geum-ryeon (Korean: 반금련; also known as The Story of Pan Jinlian) is a 1982 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-young, based upon the 16th-century Chinese novel Jin Ping Mei. Filmed in 1975, the film was banned at the time, and 40 minutes of footage had been censored when it was finally released.^[2]

Ban Geum-ryeon
Poster for Ban Geum-ryeon (1982)
Hangul	반금련
Hanja	潘金蓮
Revised Romanization	Ban Geum-ryeon
McCune–Reischauer	Pan Kŭmnyŏn
Directed by	Kim Ki-young[1]
Written by	Yeo Su-jung
Produced by	Lee Woo-suk
Starring	Lee Hwa-si Shin Seong-il
Cinematography	Jung Il-sung
Edited by	Hyeon Dong-chun
Music by	Han Jin-uk
Distributed by	Dong-a Exports Co. Ltd.
Release date	March 13, 1982 (1982-03-13)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

Synopsis

A historical drama set in ancient China.^[3]

Cast

• Lee Hwa-si^[4]
• Shin Seong-il
• Park Chun-deok
• Park Jung-ja
• Nam Neung-mi
• Jang Mi-ja
• Kim Young-ae
• Park Am
• Gang Bok-sun
• Jo Jae-seong
• Lee Chi-wu
• Chu Song-woong

Notes

1. "Ban Geum-ryun (Ban Geumryeon)(1981)". [KMDb Korean Movie Database]. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
2. "A Korean master: Kim Ki-Young retrospective at the French 'Cinematheque'". [koreasociety.org]. Archived from the original on 27 February 2008. Retrieved 2008-01-28.
3. Synopsis from "Ban Geum-ryun (Ban Geumryeon)(1981)". [KMDb Korean Movie Database]. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
4. Cast listing based on "Ban Geum-ryun (Ban Geumryeon)(1981)". [KMDb Korean Movie Database]. Retrieved 2008-01-22.

Bibliography

• Ban Geum-ryeon (1982) at IMDb
• "Ban Geum-ryun (Ban Geumryeon)(1981)". [KMDb Korean Movie Database]. Retrieved 2008-01-22.
• Lee, Jee-Eun. "The Story of Pan Kumyon". [The House of Kim Ki-young]. Archived from the original on 2004-05-08. Retrieved 2008-01-21.

External links

• Ban Geum-ryeon at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
• Ban Geum-ryeon at IMDb