Promise of the Flesh

1975 South Korean film

Promise of the Flesh
Theatrical film poster

Hangul	육체의 약속
Hanja	肉體의 約束
Revised Romanization	Yukcheui yaksok
McCune–Reischauer	Yukch‘eŭi yaksok

Directed by	Kim Ki-young^[1]
Written by	Kim Ji-heon
Produced by	Lee Woo-suk
Starring	Kim Ji-mee Lee Jung-gil
Cinematography	Jung Il-sung
Edited by	Hyeon Dong-chun
Music by	Han Sang-ki
Distributed by	Dong-a Exports Co. Ltd.
Release date	July 26, 1975 (1975-07-26)
Running time	95 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	$4,706^[2]

Promise of the Flesh (Korean: 육체의 약속; RR: Yukche-ui yaksok) is a 1975 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-young.

Plot

A melodrama about a female prisoner who meets a man while on leave to visit her mother's grave. Not knowing that the man is a thief, she promises to meet him at a park two years later, after she is released from prison.^[1]

Cast

Kim Ji-mee^[1]
Lee Jung-gil
Park Jung-ja
Park Am
Jo Jae-seong
Han Se-hun
Yu Chun-su
Yeo Han-dong
Kim Chung-chul
Lee Yong-ho

Awards

Grand Bell Awards (1975)^[3]
- Best Actress (Kim Ji-mee)
- Best Supporting Actress (Park Jung-ja)

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c "Promises (Yugche-ui yagsog)(1975)" (in Korean). Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Retrieved 2021-07-05.
^ "Promises (1975)". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2021-07-05.
^ List of awards from "Grand Bell Awards (Daejong)". korean-drama-guide.com (in Korean). Retrieved 2021-07-05.

Bibliography

Berry, Chris. "Promise of the Flesh". The House of Kim Ki-young. Archived from the original on 2004-05-05. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
Berry, Chris. "Whose Story Is It? Gender, Narrative and Narration in Promise of the Flesh". The House of Kim Ki-young. Archived from the original on 2004-05-05. Retrieved 2008-01-21.
"Kim, Ki-young Master of Madness (From the 41st San Francisco International Film Festival)". www.cinekorea.com. Archived from the original on 2008-02-12. Retrieved 2008-01-19.