Have you ever seen the movie ‘International Market’? Busan is a very important
element of the movie, because of the history based on Busan. The story is about
a father who struggles to earn money for his family after the war. We can see
the importance of place in movie by this 'International Market' movie as we see
through the historical thing in Korean and the real market called Kkotbun's.
As movie is about the Korean history, the main place is Busan. To be more
specific, it is the story about the Korean War at 1960s. At past, people
desperately went down to Busan which is located at south of Korea. Even though
the movie shows Vietnam and Germany, it does not take a big role on the whole
movie story. So it is reasonable to say that Busan is the main place. Imagine
if the movie was taken in other place which is not Busan. Then the movie might
not move our feeling that much.
In movie, there is a market named ‘Kkotbun’s’. At there, the main
character Hwang Jung Min’s wife sells needs and goods. Surprisingly, not only
Busan but also that market is a real place. Only difference is just the name of
the market. Since the movie got popular, the real market changed name as same
as the one that was shown in the movie. By shooting film as realistic, it made
audience feel more truthfully.
If ‘International Market’ was being shot at another place, it could not make
lots of audiences moving and crying. By filming it in Busan, it improved the
quality of movie. It implies that the place that shot in the movie is really
important. So from now on, when you watch any movie, try to focus on the role
of the main place.
I did not watch the movie unfortunately. Your explanation was really helpful for me to understand the movie and I could understand the reason why Busan is totally suitable place !;)
답글삭제Hi Soojin! I did not also watch the movie even though it was really popular at that time..I actually visited Busan in winter and also went to "Kkotbun's!" There were really lots of people and I was amazed how the influence of popular movie affected the area... (One of the example to that staement will be the market that changed name into same as "Kkotbun's") If I have chance to watch the movie, like what you said I will pay attention to the region more carefuly! Overall, great work and have a great winter vacation :)
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