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Poetry (Korean: 시; Hanja: 詩; RR: Si) is a 2010 South Korean-French drama film written and directed by Lee Chang-dong. [2] It tells the story of a suburban woman in her 60s who begins to develop an interest in poetry while struggling with Alzheimer's disease and her irresponsible grandson.
In 2016, an English translation by Ji Yoon Lee, Don Mee Choi, and Johannes Göransson was published by Action Books for their Korean Literature Series. [2] [3] The English translation was a finalist for The Millions Best Translated Book Award for poetry and was shortlisted for the Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize. [4] [5]
English title Korean title Director Cast Admissions Ref. 7 January: No Mercy: 용서는 없다: Kim Hyeong-jun: Sol Kyung-gu, Ryoo Seung-bum, Han Hye-jin: 1,125,154: 14 January: Lady Daddy: 아빠가 여자를 좋아해: Lee Kwang-jae Lee Na-young, Kim Ji-seok [2] 21 January: Attack the Gas Station 2: 주유소 습격사건 2: Kim Sang-jin
Some later Korean poetry followed the style of Tang lyric poetry such as the shi poetry form. Notable Korean poetry began to flourish during the Goryeo period (starting in 935). Collections were rarely printed. Ch'oe Ch'i-wŏn (857–10th century) The earliest extant collection of poetry in Korean is "Songs of the Ten Vows Samantabhara" by Kyun ...
Peppermint Candy (Korean: 박하사탕; RR: Bakha Satang) is a 1999 South Korean tragedy film by Lee Chang-dong.The film opens with the suicide of the protagonist and uses reverse chronology to depict some of the key events of the past 20 years of his life that led to this point.
Korean poetry originally was meant to be sung, and its forms and styles reflect its melodic origins. The basis of its prosody is a line of alternating groups of three or four syllables, which is probably the most natural rhythm to the language. One famous earliest poetry or lyric song was the Gonghuin (Konghu-in) by Yeo-ok during Gojoseon.
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Gasa (Korean: 가사) or kasa was a form of poetry popular during the Joseon period in Korea. Gasas were commonly sung, and were popular among yangban women. Jeong Cheol, a poet of the 16th century, is regarded as having perfected the form, which consisted of parallel lines, each broken into two four-syllable units.