The Story of a Dancer - Choi Seung Hee (Region-All)
Studio: (Korea)
Rating: 12+
Genre: Documentary
About This DVD
Choi Seung-hee (1911—1969) was a leading Korean dancer.
She was born into an upper-class family in Seoul, Korea during the Japanese
occupation, and was also known by the Japanese pronunciation of her name, Sai
Shoki. After graduating from Sookmyung High School at the age of fifteen, she
went against her father's wishes to study under modern dancer Baku Ishii in
Japan, where she distinguished herself as one of the most talented dancers. She
developed her own modern dances inspired by Korean folk dances, which had been
considered as lowly works. She was supported by Japanese intellectuals including
Yasunari Kawabata.
She went to North Korea and got posts in the communist government. She was
purged by the party and disappeared in the 1960s. In February 2003, she was
rehabilitated and utilized for propaganda by North Korea, who announced that she
had died in 1969.
| Audio Format: | DD 2.0 Stereo |
| Video Format: | Widescreen 1.85 (Anamorphic) |
| Languages: | Korean |
| Subtitles: | English, Korean |
| Country Made: | Korea |
| Region Code: | ALL |
| Year Made: | 2008 |
| Running Time: | 90 |
| Special Features: | - |
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