Night Fishing (film): Difference between revisions

{{Infobox Korean film

| hanja hangul = {{linktext|波|瀾|萬|丈}}파란만장

| rr hanja = Paranmanjang{{linktext|波|瀾|萬|丈}}

| mrrr = P‘aranmanjangParanmanjang

| starring = [[Lee Jung-hyun]]<br>[[Oh Kwang-rok]]

| released = {{Film date|2011|1|27|South Korea}}

'''''Night Fishing''''' (Original Korean title: 파란만장; '''''Paranmanjang''''', lit. ''"Ups and Downs."'' or ''"A Checkered Past"'') is a 2011 South Korean [[Fantasy film|fantasy]]-[[Horror film|horror]] [[short film]] directed, produced, written by PARKing CHANce, (brand name of the brothers, [[Park Chan-wook]] and [[Park Chan-kyong]]).<ref>{{cite web|url = httphttps://www.guardiantheguardian.co.ukcom/film/2011/jan/10/iphone-park-chan-wook-paranmanjang|title = Oldboy director Park Chan-wook shoots new film on iPhone|authoragency = Associated Press|publisherwork = [[The Guardian]]|date = Monday 10 January 2011 <!-- 15.12 GMT --> }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url = httphttps://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2011/01/10/a-novel-way-of-using-iphone-4-film-making/|title = A Novel Way of Using iPhone 4: Filmmaking|author = Jaeyeon Woo|publisher = Wall Street Journal|date = January 10, 2011<!-- 7:27 PM KST-->}}</ref> The lead role is played by K-pop star, [[Lee Jung-hyun]].

It was shot entirely on the Apple [[iPhone 4]], and it was financially supported by [[KT (telecommunication company)|KT]], (South Korea's exclusive distributor of the iPhone at the time),. whichKT supplied the duo with 150 million Korean Won (US$133,447). It was screened to over 100 reporters on January 11, 2011, and opened for public release on January 27.

The film won the [[Short Film Golden Bear|Golden Bear for Best Short Film]] at the [[61st Berlin International Film Festival]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.berlinale.de/media/pdf_word/pm_1/61_berlinale/61_IFB_Awards_2011.pdf|title=The Awards / Die Preise|work=Berlinale.de|publisher=[[Berlin International Film Festival]]|date=2011-02-19|accessdate=2011-02-20|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113161728/http://www.berlinale.de/media/pdf_word/pm_1/61_berlinale/61_IFB_Awards_2011.pdf|archivedate=2011-11-13}}</ref>

A man casually sets up for a fishing trip at the waterswater's edge. Evening comes and a tug on his line presents him with the body of a woman. While he tries to disentangle himself from the fishing lines, she comes alive. The scene changes and the woman is now a shaman priestess in a funeral ritual for athe same man who drowned in a river. He speaks through her to his relatives, asking for forgiveness.

* [[Oh Kwang-rok]] as Oh Kee-seok, a fisherman

The film was captured entirely using [[iPhone 4]], with the additional extra lenses and otherwise regular filmmaking equipment.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.screendaily.com/news/asia-pacific/park-chan-wook-collaborates-on-iphone-short-to-get-theatrical-launch/5022127.article|title = Park Chan-wook collaborates on iPhone short to get theatrical launch|author = Jean Noh|publisher = Screen Daily|date = January 11, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=httphttps://blogs.wsj.com/korearealtime/2011/01/10/a-novel-way-of-using-iphone-4-film-making/

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120401233807/http://www.cine21.com/do/movie/detail/main?movie_id=30989 ''Night Fishing''] at Cine 21] (Korean){{in lang|ko}}

[[Category:2010s2011 fantasy films]]

[[Category:Films about lifethe after deathafterlife]]

[[Category:2010s Korean-language films]]