Mayumi (film): Difference between revisions

| name = Mayumi

| image = Mayumi (film).jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster for ''Mayumi'' (1990)

| director = [[Shin Sang-ok]]<ref name=kmdb>Infobox data from {{cite web |url=httphttps://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/md_basic.asp?nation=db/kor/detail/movie/K&p_dataid=/04333|title=Ma Yumi (Mayumi(Mayumi)) (1990)|accessdate=20092021-0607-2506|publisher=[[Korean Movie Database]] (KMDb) }} ''and'' {{IMDb title|0242661|Mayumi (1990)}}</ref>

| producer = Sin Myeong-gil

| writer = Shin Bong-seung

| starring = [[Sora Jung|Kim Sora]]

| music = Kang In-goo

| cinematography = Koo Joong-mo

| editing = Kim Hyeon

| distributor = Kil Films Co., Ltd.

| released = {{Film date|1990|6|9}}

| runtime = 110 minutes

| country = South Korea

| language = Korean

'''''Mayumi''''' ({{Korean|hangul=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 [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film|Best Foreign Language Film]] at the [[63rd Academy Awards]], but it was not accepted as a nominee.<ref>Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.</ref>

Two North Korean agents, carrying Japanese passports bearing the names "Shinichi" and "Mayumi", plan to explodeblow up a [[Korean Air Flight 858|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.<ref name="KMDB English">{{cite web |url=http://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=04333|title=Ma Yumi (Mayumi(Mayumi))(1990)|accessdate=2009-06-25|publisher=[[Korean Movie Database]] (KMDb) }}</ref>

The film is based on the life of [[Kim Hyon Hui]], a North Korean agent whose Japanese teacher was [[Yaeko Taguchi]], a [[North Korean abductions of Japanese citizens|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.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://english.chosun.com/w21datasite/htmldata/newshtml_dir/2009/03/20090312/2009031200012009031261001.html|title=KAL Bomber Meets Abduction Victim's Family|work=[[Chosun Ilbo]]|date=2009-03-12|accessdate=2021-07-06}}</ref>

* [[Sora Jung|Kim Sora]] (Kim Seo-ra): as Mayumi<ref name="KMDB English"/><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.kmdb.or.kr/movie/md_basic.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=04333|script-title=ko:마유미 (1990)|accessdate=2009-06-25|publisher=[[Korean Movie Database]] (KMDb) |language=Korean}}</ref>

* Lee Hak-jae: Shin'ichi

* Shin Seong-il

* [[George Kennedy]] as [[Ian Henderson (police officer)|Ian Henderson]]

* [[Reiko Oshida]] as Yaeko Taguchi

* Yoon Il-bong

* Yoon Yang-ha

* [[Choi Jong-won]]

* Lee Ho-seong

* Choi Yun-seok

===English=References==

[[Category:19901990s Korean-language films]]

[[Category:1990s South Korean-language films]]

[[Category:South Korean action thriller films]]

[[Category:Films about terrorism in Asia]]

[[Category:FilmsSpy films based on actual events]]

[[Category:SouthFilms Koreanset filmsin 1987]]