Seopyeonje

Infobox Korean film
name = Seopyeonje


caption = Theatrical poster to "Sopyonje"
director = Im Kwon-taek
producer = Lee Tae-won
writer = Kim Myung-gon
starring = Oh Jung-hae
music = Kim Soo-Chul
cinematography = Jung Il-sung
editing = Park Sun-duk
distributor = Taehung Pictures
released = flagicon|South Korea April 10, 1993
runtime = 112 minutes
language = Korean
budget =
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amg_id = 1:205661
imdb_id = 0108192
hangul = 서편제
hanja = 西便制
rr = Seopyeonje
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"Sopyonje" (서편제) is a South Korean film directed by Im Kwon-taek in 1993. Its story tells of a family of traditional Korean pansori singers trying to make a living in the modern world. The film was originally expected to only draw limited interest, and was released on only one screen in Seoul. At the height of its popularity, it was shown on only three screens at once in the entire city of over 10 million. [cite book |last=Kim|first=Kyung-hyun|title=The Remasculinization of Korean Cinema|year=2004|publisher=Duke University Press|location=Durham and London|language=English|isbn=0-8223-3267-1|pages=p.270|chapter=9. 'Each Man Kills the Thing He Loves': Transgressive Agents, National Security, and Blockbuster Aesthetics in "Shiri" and "Joint Security Area"] Nevertheless it ended up breaking box-office records and became the first Korean film to draw over a million viewers in Seoul alone. When it was released, "Sopyonje"'s success also increased interest in pansori among modern audiences. The film was acclaimed critically, both in South Korea and abroad, getting screened in Cannes Film Festival and winning six Grand Bell Awards and six Korean Film Critics' Awards.

Im Kwon-taek also used pansori as a narrative tool in his later films "Chunhyang" (2000), based on the popular Korean story Chunhyangga, and "Beyond the Years" (2007), an informal sequel to "Sopyonje".

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*cite book|last=Cho|first=Hae Joang|editor=James, David E. & Kim Kyung-hyun|year=2002|title=Im Kwon-Taek: The Making of a Korean National Cinema|chapter="Sopyonje": Its Cultural and Historical Meaning|pages=p.134-156|publisher=Wayne State University Press|location=Detroit|isbn=0-8143-2869-5
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*cite book|last=Stringer|first=Julian|editor=James, David E. & Kim Kyung-hyun|year=2002|title=Im Kwon-Taek: The Making of a Korean National Cinema|chapter="Sopyonje" and the Inner Domain of National Culture|pages=p.157-181|publisher=Wayne State University Press|location=Detroit|isbn=0-8143-2869-5
* [http://www.koreanfilm.org/kfilm90-95.html#sopyonje Adam Hartzell's review at koreanfilm.org]
*cite web |url=http://www.koreafilmfest.com/index.php?p=retrospettiva&l=eng|title=Im Kwon-taek's Retrospective|accessdate=2007-10-31|publisher= [http://www.koreafilmfest.com/index.php?p=home&l=eng 5th Festival of Korean Cinema in Italy] |year=2007|language=English
*imdb title|id=0108192|title=Sopyonje