Daughter of the Flames (1983)
3.1 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 48min
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- Synopsis:
Hae Joon (Park Geun-Hyeong) explains to his psychiatrist that the mere waking thought of his mother Yong-Nyo (Bang Hie in a wonderfully eerie and enigmatic performance) sends him into vomiting fits and she haunts his dreams, as does the music that accompanies shamanistic exorcisms, yet he is obsessed with finding out what happened to her since last seeing her when he was a child. Taking a reporting assignment that sends him to the area of south Jeolla province where he was raised, he locates Hwa-Ryong (Kim Hee-Ra), a woodcutter blind in one eye who once lived with Yong-Nyo and served as a stepfather figure to Hae-Joon. Hwa-Ryong spares no details in explaining how he randomly met Yong-Nyo outside near his home one night, and how her previous lover handed over both her and baby Hae-Joon to him that same evening. This is only the beginning of Hae-Joon's journey among Yong-Nyo's succession of lovers and their memories of his mother, a woman of strange behavior and a shamanistic figure who was most comfortable when near fire. Meanwhile, at Hae-Joon's home, his wife and members of her church try to exorcise the couple's young daughter - ironic, considering their disdain for the traditional religious practices of shamanism - who has been sleepwalking and having shamanistic visions of her own. - Actors:
- Hie Bang, Hee-ra Kim, Geun-hyeong Park
- Directors:
- Kwon-taek Im
- Producers:
- Jae-hun Lee
- Writers:
- Sung-won Han, Kil-han Song
- Aka:
- Bului Dal / Daughter of Fire
- Genres:
- Drama
- Countries:
- Korea