Kim Ji-gon

철선

Kim Ji-gon

By the Gyeongho river in Sancheong-gun, Gyeongsangnam-do Province, is located Sungsim-won where the patients of Hansen’s disease stay. It was built with the money raised from selling the relief supplies after the Korean War and has been precious home to many Hansen patients. Until Sungsim bridge was constructed over the Gyeongho river, the only vehicle that connected them with the outside world was a steel boat. Currently this small steel boat rests in Sungsim-won bearing the shadow of the painful time in the past.

악사들

Kim Ji-gon

Hye Kwang, Seungho Lee

‘Udumbara’ is the name of a band created by Monk Hyegwang and his past colleagues working together in nightclubs in the 1970s and 1980s. Now in their 60s or 50s, the members’lives have been highly dramatic. This film narrates their past in their own voice, while following their current life. They have to work to support their own life, but their passion for music remains strong.

리틀보이 12725

Kim Ji-gon

김형률

On the 6th of August 1945, the world’s first nuclear bomb “Little boy” is dropped on Hiroshima. The film title is about Kim Hyeong-ryul who has become a “little boy” because of the atomic bomb “Little boy.” The two little boys have many things in common; small but powerful, present though unseen. However, the former has tremendous destructive power while the latter overcomes the destruction and takes his steps towards recovery and revealing his identity. Little Boy 12725 depicts story of Kim Hyeong-ryul, second generation victim of atomic air raid, through his inner world.

할매 - 시멘트정원

Kim Ji-gon

Old ladies who live in San-Bok-Do-Ro, Busan, ought to move out due to Rural Village Redevelopment. With vacated houses more than residents in town, villagers stuck together right until their inevitable separation. The camera gazes old ladies’ moments of parting and what’s left around them.