Flame in the Valley

Flame in the Valley (Korean: 산불; RR: Sanbul) is a 1967 South Korean film directed by Kim Soo-yong. It was awarded Best Film at the Blue Dragon Film Awards ceremony.

Flame in the Valley
Theatrical poster for Flame in the Valley (1967)
Hangul	산불
Hanja	山불
Revised Romanization	Sanbul
McCune–Reischauer	Sanbul
Directed by	Kim Soo-yong
Written by	Shin Bong-seung
Produced by	Kim Tai-soo
Starring	Shin Young-kyun
Cinematography	Hong Dong-hyuk
Edited by	Yu Jae-won
Music by	Jeong Yoon-joo
Distributed by	Tae Chang Enterprises Co., Ltd.
Release date	April 22, 1967 (1967-04-22)
Running time	80 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

Synopsis

In this melodrama, a man in a village in Jirisan hides a Communist soldier who has sneaked into the area. A widow, finding the soldier in the bamboo grove, visits him and carries on a sexual relationship with him. When she discovers she is pregnant, she commits suicide. When the villagers burn the woods to drive out remaining Communist guerillas, the man who has hidden the soldier perishes in an attempt to rescue him. The drama is based on a novel.

Cast

• Shin Young-kyun
• Ju Jeung-ryu
• Do Kum-bong
• Hwang Jung-seun
• Han Eun-jin
• Kim Jeong-ok
• Jeon Young-ju
• Kim Hyo-jin
• Kim Young-ok
• Ahn In-sook

Bibliography

English

• "SANBUL". The Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
• Sanbul (1967) at IMDb
• "Flame in the Valley ( Sanbul )(1967)". Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Retrieved 2009-07-20.

Korean

• 산불 (in Korean). Cine21. Retrieved 2009-07-20.
• 산불 (1967) (in Korean). Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Retrieved 2009-07-20.