I Am a Truck (1953)

01/01/1953 (KR) • 18m

Documentary

Overview

Worldy renowned for his masterpiece The Housemaid (1960), Kim Ki-young debuts with his first short film I Am a Truck (1953), which was sponsored by UN and made a year after the armistice of the Korean War. This film is a fascinating glimpse into the mind of a soon-to-be powerful auteur and influential filmmaker in the post-war Korean cinema, if not the whole history of Korean cinema.

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Status

Released

Original Language

Korean

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

factory

repair

truck

anthropomorphism

short film

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