Goryeojang
The Kim Ki Young Collection comes with the following four films: Goryeojang (a.k.a. Burying Old Alive) (1963), Chungnyeo (a.k.a. The Insect Woman) (1972), Promises (a.k.a. Promises of the Flesh) (1975), and Ieoh Island (a.k.a. Iodo) (1975).
Korean Film Archive posthumously honors late filmmaker Kim Ki Young, who is widely known for his psychodramas and sexual horror films. Born in 1919, the acclaimed director grew up in Pyongyang and spent a good amount of his adulthood in Japan where he studied theater and film. In 1960, he presented The Housemaid (or Ha neyo), a disturbing psychological drama which is still voted by critics as one of the best Korean films of all time. After releasing a string of well-received films such as Chungnyeo and Ieoh Island in the 70s, Kim acquired a new interest for B-movies which got him off the mainstream market. But by the early 90s, Kim's work began to catch the attention of some diehard fans of Korean cult films, resulting in the revival of Kim's career including special screenings at numerous international film festivals. Unfortunately in 1998, Kim and his wife were killed in a house fire. Nonetheless, his legend continues in particular through many of his younger colleagues such as Kim Ki Duk, Bong Joon Ho, and Park Chan Wook who cite Kim as their great mentor. This edition comes with special features that includes commentaries by film critic Kim Young Jin and director Bong Joon Ho, plus a photo gallery and 35 minutes of interview clips of the legendary director.
Goryeojang (1963) (a.k.a. Burying Old Alive)
You can read an extensive review of the whole box set here: http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/korean- ... ollection/In the ancient Goryeo tradition of "Goryojang", when one's parents reach the age of 70, they are carried to the mountaintop and left to die. A widow marries a poor farmer who already has ten children, making her young son Gu Ryeong number eleven in line. But her marriage brings bad luck to the village as a shaman prophesizes that Gu Ryeong will kill all of his ten stepsiblings. Overhearing that, the stepsiblings attempt to kill Gu Ryeong, but only manage to cripple his leg. Thirty years later, the stepsiblings strike again by raping Gu Ryeong's wife, but this time, Gu Ryeong and his wife kill two of his siblings. Fifteen years later, devastating drought brings despair to the village, during which Gu Ryeong is charged with his siblings' murders. The shaman orders him to be executed, but Gu Ryeong's mother begs the shaman for her grace in exchange for sacrificing her own life to Goryeojang.
Screenshots:
Two reels of film are lost and during seventeen minutes of the movie there is no image, only the soundtrack.
Second audio track is commentary by Lee Yeon-ho (film critic) and Kim Dae-seung (director, Blood Rain) . English subs are included in the sub pack for both the movie and the commentary (first track for the film, second for the commentary track).
Rip specs:
File Name .............: Goryeojang.avi
File Size (in bytes) ..: 1,561,913,344 bytes
Runtime (# of frames) .: 01:50:05 ( frames)
Video Codec ...........: XviD
Frame Size ............: 704x304 [=2.316]
FPS ...................: 23.976
Video Bitrate .........: 1522 kb/s
Bits per Pixel ........: 0.297 bpp
B-VOP, N-VOP, QPel, GMC ......: [B-VOP]...[]...[]...[]
Audio Codec ...........: 0x2000(AC3, Dolby Laboratories, Inc) AC3
Sample Rate ...........: 48000 Hz
Audio bitrate .........: 224 kb/s [2 channel(s)] CBR audio
Interleave ............: 42 ms
No. of audio streams ..: 2
Links:
Goryeojang.avi 
Goryeojang.idx Goryeojang.rar Extras:
Directors on Kim Ki-young (Kim Hong-joon, 2006) 48 min.
The list of 22 directors who pay tribute to Kim Ki-young on this featurette reads like a who’s who of some of Chungmuro’s brightest young filmmakers. Here’s the rundown: Kim Gok, Kim Dae-seung, Kim Sun, Kim Ji-woon, Kim Tae-young, Ryoo Seung-wan, Min Dong-hyun, Park Ki-hyung, Park Soo-young, Park Jae-young, Park Jin-pyo, Park Chan-wook, Byun Young-joo, Bong Joon-ho, Song Il-gon, Shin Jane, Um Hye-jung, Oh Seung-wook, Im Sang-soo, Jang Jun-hwan, Jung Yoon-chul and Jung Ji-woo.
Directors on Kim Ki-young.avi Directors on Kim Ki-young.idx Directors on Kim Ki-young.rar French and English subs in the subpack.
Extras will be added later today and in the next few days, the rest of this wonderful pack will come.
Thanks to jaemin for the DVDs :cheers:
