For other uses, see Petal (disambiguation).
A Petal
DirectorJang Sun-woo[1]
ProducerPark Keon-seop
WriterOriginal work: Ch'oe Yoon; screenplay: Jang Moon-Il, Jang Seon-Woo[2]
StarringLee Jung Hyun
Moon Sung-keun
MusicWon Il
CinematographyYou Young-gil
EditingKim Yang-il
DistributorMiracin Korea
ReleasedApril 5, 1996
Runtime101 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

A Petal () is a 1996 South Korean film directed by Jang Sun-woo.

Plot

The film tells the story of a girl who experienced the Gwangju Uprising at the age of 15, and its effect on her life in later years.[3]

Cast

Production

The film was a difficult job for 15-year old Lee Jung-hyun, who wasn't familiar with acting at the time. Director Sun-Woo Jang was furious on the first day of shooting. "At first I wasn't good at acting, so the director threw away the script and stopped shooting. I took it myself and I cried for a long time in the dormitory. Then I woke up. 'Then I have to live like a crazy child,' I thought. Because if I can't act, I simply have no choice but to become that kind of person." So she began wandering around the neighborhood for three or four hours before the shoots. People in the neighborhood thought she was a really crazy child and took her home to wash and feed her. "There was no line between everyday life and acting. It was an ignorant approach. (laughs). The director and Sol Kyung-gu looked at me that way and said, 'Tomorrow is the last shoot, but what if she goes crazy even after she's done?'"[4]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "A Petal (Kkoch-ip) (1996)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Archived from the original on 2012-08-04. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
  2. ^ "ko:꽃잎"
  3. ^ Synopsis from "A Petal (Kkoch-ip) (1996)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Archived from the original on 2012-08-04. Retrieved 2008-01-11.
  4. ^ "ko:이정현 "데뷔작 '꽃잎', 감독님이 연기 너무 못한다며 대본 집어던져"". www.sportsseoul.com. Retrieved 10 August 2025.
  5. ^ Awards based on "Awards for Ggotip (1996)". IMDB. Archived 2016-03-11 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2008-01-11.

Bibliography

  • Kim, Kyung-hyun (2004). "4. Post-Trauma and Historical Remembrance in A Single Spark and A Petal". The Remasculinization of Korean Cinema. Durham and London: Duke University Press. pp. 119–129. ISBN 0-8223-3267-1.
  • "A Petal (Kkoch-ip) (1996)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Archived from the original on 2012-08-04. Retrieved 2008-01-11.