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I Am a Truck

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Producing House

Worldy renowned for his masterpiece The Housemaid (1960), Kim Ki-young debuts with his first short film I Am a Truck (1953), which was sponsored by UN and made a year after the armistice of the Korean War. This film is a fascinating glimpse into the mind of a soon-to-be powerful auteur and influential filmmaker in the post-war Korean cinema, if not the whole history of Korean cinema.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1953-01-01

Runtime: 18 mins

Director: Kim Ki-young

Spoken language: 한국어/조선말

Genres: Documentary

Original title: I Am a Truck

Production Companies: U.S.I.S., Liberty Production (KR)

Production Countries: South Korea

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