Private Project

Wedding

Synopsis
(within 100 words) Five years ago, an eighteen year old girl died at sea.
Her family grieved for many years over her senseless death.
Hoping to console her young soul and grant her happiness in the afterlife, they decided to enter her into a spirit marriage.
In Korea, the marriage of spirits is a ritual based on the belief that if someone dies unmarried, their spirit will never find peace and that life continues after death.
The young girl's wedding ceremony was conducted according to the order of the 'ogu-gut', which is a ritual performed in regions along the east coast for the sake of guiding dead spirits into heaven….

  • KIM Myoung Hwa
    Director
    Thereafter(2001)
  • IN Byung Hoon
    Director
  • KIM Myoung Hwa
    Writer
  • IN Byung Hoon
    Writer
  • HAN Seung Rim
    Producer
  • IN
    Key Cast
    "Byung Hoon"
  • KIM
    Key Cast
    "Eun Jeong"
  • Hwang
    Key Cast
    "Rushi"
  • Bin
    Key Cast
    "Soon Ae"
  • Project Type:
    Virtual Reality
  • Genres:
    Drama, Documentary
  • Runtime:
    31 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    May 31, 2019
  • Country of Origin:
    Korea, Republic of
  • Country of Filming:
    Korea, Republic of
  • Shooting Format:
    4096*4096(Stereo) / Ambix 1st
  • Aspect Ratio:
    1:1
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    No
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 23rd Bucheon International Film Festival
    Bucheon
    Korea, Republic of
    June 27, 2019
    World Premiere
  • 24th Busan International Film Festival
    Busan
    Korea, Republic of
    October 4, 2019
Distribution Information
  • Barunson co,, ltd.
    Country: Korea, Republic of
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - KIM Myoung Hwa, IN Byung Hoon

Director of
VR films
-Wedding(2019)
-Workaholic(2018)

Short films
-The First Kiss(2002)
The 3rd Jeonju International Film Festival, the 1st Reel Venus Film Festival(New York), 2003 screening of KBS Independent Theater(106 times)
-Thereafter(2001)
6th Busan International Film Festival's wide angle section, the 1st Taiwan-Kaohsiung Film Festival and the 7th Hong-Kong Independent Short Film Festival
-Cutting the Sadness(1989)
-The Name of Mom(1988)
-Earthquake(1988)
-cackling Chicken(1987)

and have won many awards for documentary movies

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Director Statement

This project is receiving huge attention from the Korean Cultural Heritage Administration due to its huge value as a intangible cultural heritage. Most of the Korean shamans are very old and sick and it is very difficult for them to find their successors, so the heritage is actually vanishing in the history. Furthermore, due to the same reason, it is very difficult to see the Korean shamans gathering unless there is a big ritual, also not common these days. Thus this work is important as a historical record as well.

About the ritual, in Korea, the marriage of spirits is based on the belief that if someone dies unmarried, their spirit will never find peace and that life continues after death. The young girl's wedding ceremony was conducted according to the order of the 'Ogu-gut', which is a ritual performed in regions along the east coast for the sake of guiding dead spirits into heaven.