Ashamed
Hangul
창피해
Hanja
Revised RomanizationChangpihae
McCune–ReischauerCh‘angp‘ihae
Directed byKim Soo-hyeon
Written byKim Soo-hyeon
Produced byLee Gyeong-hui
StarringKim Hyo-jin
Kim Kkot-bi
CinematographyKim Jin-woo
Edited byLee Yeon-jin
Seo Seung-hyeon
Music byLee Eun-jeong
Distributed byMountain Pictures
Release dates
Running time
129 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$14,466[1]

Ashamed (Korean: 창피해; RR: Changpihae), also known under the international title Life Is Peachy, is a South Korean queer film written and directed by Kim Soo-hyeon. This is Kim's second feature film after 2004's So Cute. Ashamed was released in theaters on December 8, 2011, but had already been making the rounds on the festival circuit. The film had its world premiere in the New Currents section at the 15th Busan International Film Festival[2][3] and screened in the Panorama section at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival.[4][5]

Plot

Arts professor Jung Ji-woo (Kim Sang-hyun) is searching for a nude model for a video clip that she will play at her exhibition. When Hee-jin (Seo Hyun-jin), one of her students, recommends Yoon Ji-woo (Kim Hyo-jin) for the job, the three women head to the beach to shoot the video. As they spend time together, Yoon Ji-woo begins to share pieces of her past relationship with Kang Ji-woo (Kim Kkot-bi). The film weaves through the pasts and presents of the three Ji-woos and focuses on their intersecting relationships.[6][7]

Cast

References

  1. ^ "Life is Peachy (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. ^ "Ashamed". BIFF.kr. Archived from the original on 7 May 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
  3. ^ "Ashamed". Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
  4. ^ "Ashamed". Berlinale. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
  5. ^ Roxborough, Scott (3 January 2011). "Films by Lee Tamahori, Abe Sylvia, Michael McDonagh Among Berlin Panorama entries". The Hollywood Reporter.
  6. ^ Sung, So-young (25 November 2011). "Breaking a taboo, first major film about the L-word opens in Korea". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  7. ^ Lee, Claire (17 November 2011). "Two different gay films to arrive on K-film scene". The Korea Herald.

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