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Borrowing of the Ieodo Legend in the Film Ieodo (1977) Directed by Kim Ki-young

  • Journal of Humanities
  • 2023, (88), pp.169-198
  • DOI : 10.31310/HUM.088.06
  • Publisher : Institute for Humanities
  • Research Area : Humanities > Other Humanities
  • Received : December 17, 2022
  • Accepted : December 28, 2022
  • Published : February 28, 2023

YI YONG JOU 1

1국민대학교

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ABSTRACT

If legends or myths handed down in oral traditions or records are borrowed from movies and are expressed in audiovisual media, what aspect can they show? Is Ieodo just a legend that is believed to have existed, or is it a myth that has been handed down separately in the hearts of the people of Jeju Island? Through the analysis of director Kim Ki-young’s film Ieodo (1977), this study will focus on analyzing the origin or the reality of the legend, and how it is borrowed or transformed in an adaptation film based on Lee Chung-joon’s novel Ieodo (1996). According to the overall development of the film, the Ieodo Island is depicted as an island of nirvana, which remains a legend inside the Jeju people, unlike Kim Ki-young’s statement that the Blue Island is not a utopia where tradition and mystery coexist, but a contaminated place. Ieodo is depicted as the sanctuary of Jeju Island, where everyone dies after their arrival. So, Ieodo is a place you can’t see before you die, You can’t come back after you see this island. The legend of Ieodo is mostly borrowed from the film. Ieodo has already been scientifically discovered in terms of its location and substance, and a marine scientific research station has been built there, but it is still a legend in the mind of the Jeju people. It is the island of nirvana, a fantasy island where joy and sadness intersect.

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