Passing of Shin Sang Ok

[Peter Larson]

That is truly sad. What an amazing human being.



--- "William O. Gardner" <wgardne1 at swarthmore.edu>
wrote:

> KineJapanists,
> 
> Just a notice in case anyone missed the news earlier
> this week-- the
> pioneering Korean film director Shin Sang Ok died on
> Tuesday (4/11) in
> Seoul. 
> 
> There was a fascinating obituary in the New York
> Times on Thursday:
> 
> http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/13/arts/13shin.html
> 
> Shin was the director of over 60 films in a wide
> variety of genres, many of
> which explored social issues, including the legacy
> of Japanese colonialism.
> He was kidnapped in 1978 by North Korean agents;
> after a five-year
> imprisonment, he made seven films in the North,
> before escaping North Korea
> in 1986.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 


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