Mayumi
Theatrical release poster
Directed byShin Sang-ok[1]
Written byShin Bong-seung
Produced bySin Myeong-gil
StarringKim Sora
CinematographyKoo Joong-mo
Edited byKim Hyeon
Music byKang In-goo
Distributed byKil Films Co., Ltd.
Release date
  • June 9, 1990 (1990-06-09)
Running time
110 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Mayumi (Korean: 마유미) also known as Mayumi: Virgin Terrorist is a 1990 South Korean film directed by Shin Sang-ok based on the bombing of Korean Air Flight 858. The film was selected as the South Korean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 63rd Academy Awards, but it was not accepted as a nominee.[2]

Plot

Two North Korean agents, carrying Japanese passports bearing the names "Shinichi" and "Mayumi", plan to blow up a Seoul-bound plane in mid-air. They are diverted to another plane after they have planted the bomb. When the plane crashes, killing all on board, the two plan to commit suicide. The man succeeds, but the woman is saved through medical intervention. When she witnesses the suffering of the surviving families of the bombing victims, she begs to be executed, believing it is the only fitting punishment for her actions.[1]

The film is based on the life of Kim Hyon Hui, a North Korean agent whose Japanese teacher was Yaeko Taguchi, a Japanese abductee; she was paroled in 1998, and 12 years later she met Yaeko's son Kochi and told him that his mother was still alive.[3]

Cast

See also

Bibliography

  • "Mayumi Virgin Terrorist". The Complete Index to World Film. Archived from the original on 2012-08-29. Retrieved 2009-06-25.
  • 마유미. Cine21 (in Korean).

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Ma Yumi (Mayumi) (1990)". Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Retrieved 2021-07-06.
  2. ↑ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
  3. ↑ "KAL Bomber Meets Abduction Victim's Family". Chosun Ilbo. 2009-03-12. Retrieved 2021-07-06.


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