Starring: Im Chang-Jeong, Park Jin-Hee, Im Hyeon-Sik
Director: Kim Jong-Jin
Studio: KD Media (Korea)
Rating: 12 UP
Genre: Comedy
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About This DVD
A remote village nestled near the heavily fortified border that divides
South and North Korea is not a popular place. But "Mannamui Gwangjang (Meeting
Square)" ("Underground Rendez-vous"), a film set in the 1980s and directed by
Kim Jong-jin, attempts to make it at least a meaningful place where families
gather together in a peculiar way.
In the film, Young-tan (Im Chang-jeong), who lives on an obscure island, has a
big dream: becoming a teacher in a big city. Befitting his ambition, he cannot
stand anybody near him committing an immoral act. He is, after all, a paragon of
morality and virtue who sets high standards in society -- a core quality that he
believes he needs to be a good teacher. The trouble is that he fails to pass
every exam he takes to become a teacher. Apparently, the state does not consider
his virtuous life in screening good teachers. Undaunted, Young-tae moves to
Seoul in the hopes of preparing for the exam more seriously, but the very moment
he arrives at Seoul Station -- a dangerous place for unsuspecting islanders --
touches off something he least expects.
Helped by mere luck (or misfortune), he stumbles into a training program titled
"Samcheong Gyoyukdae", which Young-tan wrongly takes for "Samcheong Education
University". Samcheong Gyuyukdae, however, is not meant for teacher wannabes. It
existed in the 1980s during the military dictatorship in Korea, and it was a
notorious boot camp designed to punish dissenters. Another lucky turn sends
Young-tan to a village where he is mistaken for a teacher, while the real
teacher (played by Ryoo Seung-beom) is lost in woods packed with land mines.
From this point on, the film mixes comedy and semi-mystery, with villagers led
by the town chief (Im Hyeon-sik) acting weirdly. The puzzle, which is not hard
to unravel for most Korean audiences, manages to get the plot rolling, with
Young-tan falling in love with a beautiful yet bad-tempered girl Seon-mi (Park
Jin-hee). To Young-tan's dismay, the town chief and his sister-in-law Seon-mi
seem to be having an affair, a classic comedy of misunderstanding that
introduces a chain of unexpected events.
Set in the 1980’s, the eldest son of a poor family decides to move to Seoul to
become a teacher. Yet as soon as he reaches the city, his money is stolen and
his bags are lost. He manages to reach a remote town, where coincidentally they
were looking for a new teacher for the town children. He soon falls in love with
a woman there, yet her origin seems vague as the townspeople only say she comes
from somewhere up North. It turns out the townspeople have been communicating
with another bordering town in North Korea through a secret tunnel connecting
the two.
| Audio Format: | DD 5.1, DD 2.0 |
| Video Format: | Widescreen 1.85:1 (Anamorphic) |
| Languages: | Korean |
| Subtitles: | Korean Only |
| Country Made: | Korea |
| Region Code: | 3 |
| Year Made: | 2007 |
| Running Time: | 107 + 104 |
| Special Features: |
Disc 1 : - Commentary - After Commentary Disc 2 : - Making of - Art Design - Deleted Scenes - Premier Scenes - Presentation - Trailer - Photo Gallery |
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