Word: pansori
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...title story of Lost Souls is a timeless romance hinged on filial impiety. From the book's less topical third section, written just after the Korean War's end, it's reminiscent of the classic tale of Chunhyang, often likened to a Korean Juliet, that's still a pansori and cinema standard. (Im Kwon Taek's 2000 film version was a blockbuster.) But the ending of Hwang's reworking is all his own. As are the livelier scenes, in other stories, of a jazzy, prewar North Korea, full of concert pianists and painters and their nude models. It's hard...
...weekends and holidays during the winter months and has a wonderful traditional and contemporary art collection. After that, travel a few minutes further down the road to the Chongdong Theater, tel: (82-2) 751 1500, and you can take in a traditional Korean performing art such as pansori, or Korean opera. It's a good idea to call ahead to make a reservation. There are also plenty of inexpensive good restaurants in the area that serve up popular Korean dishes...
...Harvard Film Archive to kick off three screenings taking place under the auspices of their “Directors in Focus” series. At 7 p.m., the Archive will show Chunhyang, a romantic epic that, like several of Im’s films, is related by a traditional pansori singer—and which with its sweeping sets and lavish costumes, recalls both the Korean theatrical and Hollywood musical traditions from which it draws. Chihwaseon, a portrait of Korea’s great artist and brush master Jang Seung-up, will be playing Saturday night at 7; Sopyonje...