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Judgement (1999 film)

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Wikipedia article




{{Infobox film

| name = Judgement

| image = Judgement1999Poster.jpg

| caption = Film poster

| native_name =

| director = Park Chan-wook

| producer = Park Chan-wook

| writer = Park Chan-wook

| starring = Gi Ju-bong
Koh In-bae
Kwon Nam-hee
Park Ji-il
Choi Hak-rak
Myeong Ji-yeon

| music =

| cinematography = Park Hyun-Cheol

| editing = Kim Sang-bum

| distributor =

| released =

| runtime = 26 minutes

| country = South Korea

| language = Korean

}}

'Judgement' (Korean 'Simpan' | hangul, | hanja) is a 1999 short film by South Korean director Park Chan-wook based on the 1995 collapse of the Sampoong Department store.

Synopsis



In a morgue lies the lifeless body of a girl, waiting to be identified. The girl was killed in the collapse of the Sampoong Department store and a wrongful death settlement has been offered to her family. The girl's body is claimed both by a middle-aged couple, who say she is their runaway daughter, and by one of the morgue employees, whose daughter disappeared seven years ago. The story is interspersed with documentary footage from various disasters.

Cast



* Gi Ju-bong

* Koh In-bae

* Kwon Nam-hee

* Park Ji-il

* Choi Hak-rak

* Myeong Ji-yeon

Reception



'Another Mag' praised the camera work and use of color in a mostly black-and-white film, noting how it foreshadows the stylistic hallmarks Park developed in later projects. The blog 'Film School Rejects' described it as "a miniature triumph of genre blending," comparing it to both film noir and Korean soap opera.

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