홍은원 감독의 영화 연출 경향 연구 ‒<여판사>(1962)를 중심으로‒

Abstract

This paper is the result of a study of Hong Eun-won who is the second female director in Korean film history, through “A Woman Judge”(1962) that her debut film and the only one among the three directing works that has video data present. This work is located in the trend of Korean films in the same period, which made women’s conflict in the social and private areas the main theme, but it also shows a difference from other works in that it constructs a female character as a social subject. “A Woman Judge” has a narrative structure in which the main character Jinsuk (played by Mun Jeongsuk) resolves the conflict by solving the case of grandmother-in-law’s death while having a conflict between the social position that the judge and the position in the family as the daughter-in-law. Through this process of story development, the desire and will of the female subject are expressed, revealing the potential for practical subversion. The effect is related to the fact that Hong Eun-won directly participated in the adaptation of the scenario, which is based on a true story. In addition, She makes appropriate use of cinematic expression techniques to visualize the problems of sexual hierarchy between men and women and the possibility of incapacitation of their distinctions. Through this, we can discover Hong’s feminist perspective embedded in her directing works. The basis for this was the social atmosphere of Korea and the realistic situation faced by women in the 1960’s when <A Woman Judge> was produced and released. In conclusion, the female director Hong Eun-won and her film directing tendency are notable film history “events” in that she sought a new era through the creation of film art in the 1960’s amid the contemporary reality of Korean society.