The Coachman (film)

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The Coachman

Poster to The Coachman
Directed by Kang Dae-jin[1]
Produced by Lee Hwa-ryong
Written by Lim Hee-jae
Starring Kim Seung-ho
Shin Young-kyun
Cinematography Lee Mun-baek
Editing by Kim Hee-su
Distributed by Hwa Seong Films Co., Ltd.
Release date(s) February 15, 1961
Country South Korea
Language Korean
IMDb profile
Korean name
Hangul 마부

The Coachman (마부 - Mabu) is a 1961 South Korean film directed by Kang Dae-jin. At the 1961 Berlin International Film Festival, The Coachman became the first Korean film to win a major international award.[2] It was nominated for the Golden Bear Award and won the Silver Bear Award.[3]

[edit] Synopsis

An elderly single father living with his adult children makes a living with a horse-drawn cart. He finds companionship with a neighbor's maid. His older daughter is a deaf-mute married to an abusive man, and his younger son is rebellious. His older son passes the bar exam, and, recognizing his father's loneliness, tries to help him marry the neighbor's maid.[4]

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Infobox data from A Coachman ( Mabu )(1961) (English). KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved on 2007-12-21. and Mabu (1961) at the Internet Movie Database}}
  2. ^ Paquet, Darcy. The Coachman (1961) (English). www.koreanfilm.org. Retrieved on 2007-12-21.
  3. ^ Awards for Mabu (1961) (English). KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved on 2007-12-21.
  4. ^ Synopsis from A Coachman ( Mabu )(1961) (English). KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved on 2007-12-21. and Paquet, Darcy. The Coachman (1961) (English). www.koreanfilm.org. Retrieved on 2007-12-21.

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