Mountain Strawberries aka Wild Strawberry is a 1982

1982 in film

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South Korea

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n film directed by Kim Su-hyeong. It was the first entry in the Mountain Strawberries series, inspiring five sequels, the last appearing in 1994.

Background

Madame Aema

Madame Aema

Madame Aema , aka Mrs. Emma, is a 1982 South Korean film. A box-office hit, it was one of only two films to sell more than 100,000 tickets in Seoul during the year of 1982.-Synopsis:...

, the first "ero" or erotic film to be made after South Korea's government began relaxing its control of the film industry, was released in February 1982. Mountain Strawberries, starring Aemas Ahn So-young

Ahn So-young

Ahn So-young is a South Korean actress. Ahn was born in Seoul in 1959 and graduated from Jeonghwa Girls' Commerce High School. Ahn debuted in 1979 with Naeil tto naeil directed by Im Kwon-taek and entered stardom with Madame Aema in 1982.-Filmography:*Note; the whole list is...

, debuted in September of that year. "Folk erotic" became one of the popular genres of the erotic film in Korea, and Mountain Strawberries was one of the earliest films in that style. Like many of the South Korean erotic films of this era, Mountain Strawberries incorporated melodrama into its softcore pornographic storyline.

Synopsis

Bun-nyeo, a girl in a mountain village loses her virginity to Myong-jun, the village vagabond. After both of her suitors die before they can wed Bun-nyeo, she moves to the city to work in a factory. Myong-jun persuades her to return to the village, but he is arrested for murder. As the film ends, Bun-nyeo is waiting for Myong-jun's release.

Cast

• Ahn So-young
  Ahn So-young
  Ahn So-young is a South Korean actress. Ahn was born in Seoul in 1959 and graduated from Jeonghwa Girls' Commerce High School. Ahn debuted in 1979 with Naeil tto naeil directed by Im Kwon-taek and entered stardom with Madame Aema in 1982.-Filmography:*Note; the whole list is...
  
  
• Nam Koong Won
  Nam Koong Won
  Nam Koong Won is a South Korean actor. Nam Koong was born Hong Gyeong-il in 1934. He was a popular actor of the 1960s along with Shin Seong-il, Shin Young-kyun and Choi Moo-ryong...
  
  
• Jo Dong-jin
• Kim In-moon
• Jin Yoo-young
• Yang Hyoung-ho
• Kim Min
• Kim Ae-kyung
• Moon Mi-bong
• Jo Jeong-su