The Servant (2010 film)

The Servant
Film poster
Hangul
방자전
Hanja
Revised RomanizationBang-ja-jeon
McCune–ReischauerPang-ja-jŏn
Directed byKim Dae-woo
Written byKim Dae-woo
Produced byMoon Yang-kwon
Im Seung-yong
Seo Woo-sik
Park Dae-hee
StarringKim Joo-hyuk
Jo Yeo-jeong
Ryoo Seung-bum
CinematographyKim Young-min
Edited byKim Sang-bum
Music byMok Young-jin
Production
companies
Barunson
SIO Film
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release date
  • June 3, 2010 (2010-06-03)
Running time
124 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$19.9 million[1][2]

The Servant (Korean: 방자전; RR: Bang-ja-jeon; lit. "The Story of Bang-ja" or "Bang-ja Chronicles", compare to Chunhyangjeon) is a 2010 South Korean historical romantic drama film starring Kim Joo-hyuk, Jo Yeo-jeong and Ryoo Seung-bum. It re-tells the origins of the famous Korean folktale Chunhyangjeon from the perspective of the male protagonist Lee Mong-ryong's servant.[3][4][5][6]

The film was a box office hit, receiving 3,014,523 admissions.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/jsp/films/index/filmsView.jsp?movieCd=20090927 [dead link]
  2. ^ "Box office by Country: The Servant". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  3. ^ Ki, Sun-min (25 June 2010). "Director twists classic tale". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ Lee, Hyo-won (27 May 2010). "Servant: erotic twist on folktale falters". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  5. ^ Elley, Derek (1 July 2010). "The Servant". Film Business Asia. Archived from the original on 1 November 2013. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  6. ^ Mitchell, Duncan. "The Servant". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  7. ^ Hong, Lucia (7 June 2010). "Bangja claims top spot on Korean box office". 10Asia. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  8. ^ Hong, Lucia (14 June 2010). "Bangja holds onto No. 1 spot on Korean box office". 10Asia. Retrieved 2013-04-28.
  9. ^ "The Best Selling Films of 2010 (admissions to January 13, 2011)". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2012-06-04.