Mother
Theatrical poster

Hangul	에미
Revised Romanization	Emi
McCune–Reischauer	Emi

Directed by	Park Chul-soo
Written by	Kim Soo-hyun
Produced by	Hwang Gi-seong
Starring	Youn Yuh-jung Jeon Hye-seong
Cinematography	Jung Il-sung
Edited by	Kim Hyeon
Music by	Yi Zong-gu
Distributed by	Hwang Ki Seong Production
Release date	November 1, 1985 (1985-11-01)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

Mother (Korean: 에미; RR: Emi or Korean: 어미; RR: Eomi; also known as Woman Requiem) is a 1985 South Korean film directed by Park Chul-soo. It won several awards at the Grand Bell Awards, including Best Film.^[1]

Plot

After the rape and subsequent suicide of a college student, her mother takes revenge on those responsible.

Cast

Youn Yuh-jung
Jeon Hye-seong
Shin Seong-il
Kim In-tae
Hong Seong-min
Kook Jong-hwan
Yang Taek-jo
Song Ok-sook
Jeon In-taek
Nam Po-dong

References

External links

Grand Bell Award for Best Film

Grand Bell Award for Best Film
1960s	Prince Yeonsan (1962) The Memorial Gate for Virtuous Women (1963) Bloodline (1964) Deaf Sam-yong (1965) The Sea Village (1966) Coming Back (1967) Prince Daewon (1968)
1970s	Patriotic Martyr An Jung-gun (1972) The General in Red Robes (1973) The Land (1974) Flame (1975) Mother (1976) Diary of Korean-Japanese War (1977) Police Story (1978) The Hidden Hero (1979)
1980s	Son of Man (1980) Invited People (1981) Come Unto Down (1982) Mulleya Mulleya (1983) Adultery Tree (1984) Mother (1985) Pillar of Mist (1986) Diary of King Yeonsan (1987) Come Come Come Upward (1989)
1990s	All That Falls Has Wings (1990) Passion Portrait (1991) Fly High Run Far (1992) Seopyeonje (1993) The Story of Two Women (1994) The Eternal Empire (1995) Henequen (1996) The Contact (1997) Spring in My Hometown (1999)
2000s	Peppermint Candy (2000) Joint Security Area (2001) The Way Home (2002) Memories of Murder (2003) Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring (2004) Marathon (2005) The King and the Clown (2006) Family Ties (2007) The Chaser (2008) The Divine Weapon (2009)
2010s	Poetry (2010) The Front Line (2011) Masquerade (2012) The Face Reader (2013) The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014) Ode to My Father (2015) Inside Men (2016) A Taxi Driver (2017) Burning (2018) Parasite (2019)
2020s	N/A (2020) N/A (2021) Decision to Leave (2022) Concrete Utopia (2023)

Films directed by Park Chul-soo

Films directed by Park Chul-soo
The Rain at Night (1979) Painful Maturity (1980) Mother (1985) Pillar of Mist (1987) You My Rose Mellow (1988) Oseam (1990) Theresa's Lover (1991) Seoul Evita (1991) 301, 302 (1995) Push! Push! (1997) Bongja (2000) Green Chair (2005) B-E-D (2012)