Ashamed (2010 film)

Ashamed
Hangul	창피해
Hanja	猖披해
Revised Romanization	Changpihae
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'angp'ihae
Directed by	Kim Soo-hyeon
Written by	Kim Soo-hyeon
Produced by	Lee Gyeong-hui
Starring	Kim Hyo-jin Kim Kkot-bi
Cinematography	Kim Jin-woo
Edited by	Lee Yeon-jin Seo Seung-hyeon
Music by	Lee Eun-jeong
Distributed by	Mountain Pictures
Release dates	October 2010 (2010-10) (Busan International Film Festival) December 8, 2011 (2011-12-08) (South Korea)
Running time	129 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	US$14,466[1]

Ashamed (Korean: 창피해; RR: Changpihae), also known under the international title Life Is Peachy, is a South Korean queer film written and directed by Kim Soo-hyeon. This is Kim's second feature film after 2004's So Cute. Ashamed was released in theaters on December 8, 2011, but had already been making the rounds on the festival circuit. The film had its world premiere in the New Currents section at the 15th Busan International Film Festival^[2][3] and screened in the Panorama section at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival.^[4][5]

Plot

Arts professor Jung Ji-woo (Kim Sang-hyun) is searching for a nude model for a video clip that she will play at her exhibition. When Hee-jin (Seo Hyun-jin), one of her students, recommends Yoon Ji-woo (Kim Hyo-jin) for the job, the three women head to the beach to shoot the video. As they spend time together, Yoon Ji-woo begins to share pieces of her past relationship with Kang Ji-woo (Kim Kkot-bi). The film weaves through the pasts and presents of the three Ji-woos and focuses on their intersecting relationships.^[6][7]

Cast

• Kim Hyo-jin as Yoon Ji-woo
• Kim Kkot-bi as Kang Ji-woo
• Seo Hyun-jin as Hee-jin
• Kim Sang-hyun as Jung Ji-woo
• Choi Min-yong as Detective Min-yong
• Woo Seung-min
• Kim Sun-hyuk

References

1. "Life is Peachy (2011)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
2. "Ashamed". BIFF.kr. Archived from the original on 7 May 2012. Retrieved 7 October 2010.
3. "Ashamed". Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival. Archived from the original on 26 April 2012. Retrieved 17 August 2011.
4. "Ashamed". Berlinale. Retrieved 10 February 2011.
5. Roxborough, Scott (3 January 2011). "Films by Lee Tamahori, Abe Sylvia, Michael McDonagh Among Berlin Panorama entries". The Hollywood Reporter.
6. Sung, So-young (25 November 2011). "Breaking a taboo, first major film about the L-word opens in Korea". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 5 April 2012.
7. Lee, Claire (17 November 2011). "Two different gay films to arrive on K-film scene". The Korea Herald.

External links

• Ashamed at Daum (in Korean)
• Ashamed on Twitter (in Korean)
• Ashamed at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
• Ashamed at IMDb
• Life Is Peachy at HanCinema