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….
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KIM Myoung HwaDirectorThereafter(2001)
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IN Byung HoonDirector
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KIM Myoung HwaWriter
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IN Byung HoonWriter
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HAN Seung RimProducer
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INKey Cast"Byung Hoon"
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KIMKey Cast"Eun Jeong"
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HwangKey Cast"Rushi"
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BinKey Cast"Soon Ae"
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Project Type:Virtual Reality
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Genres:Drama, Documentary
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Runtime:31 minutes
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Completion Date:May 31, 2019
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Country of Origin:Korea, Republic of
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Country of Filming:Korea, Republic of
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Shooting Format:4096*4096(Stereo) / Ambix 1st
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Aspect Ratio:1:1
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Film Color:Color
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First-time Filmmaker:No
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Student Project:No
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23rd Bucheon International Film FestivalBucheon
Korea, Republic of
June 27, 2019
World Premiere -
24th Busan International Film FestivalBusan
Korea, Republic of
October 4, 2019
Distribution Information
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Barunson co,, ltd.Country: Korea, Republic ofRights: All Rights
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
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.