80s Korea magic

Stratos

Czech Republic6104 Posts

October 30 2013 00:23 GMT

I thought I'd share some the 80s stuff I enjoyed as I was discovering it over the course of this year. I'll keep it simple like that instead of being hellbent on writing some kind of a critique or, god forbid, an analysis.

I did not specifically look for any trot since it's more on the decline in the 80-90s, albeit with more actually produced music thanks to new technology. A decent number of songs made it into my playlist.
산울림 - 청춘 靑春 (1981年)
송골매 - 어쩌다 마주친 그대 (1982年)

해바라기 (Sunflower) - 1집 (1st album)
이문세 - 가을이 오면 (1987年)
이문세 - 가로수 그늘 아래 서면 (1988年)

변진섭 - 새들처럼 (1988年)

박학기 - 향기로운 추억 (1989年)
조정현 - 슬픈 바다 (1989年)
This channel is full of 80-90s songs. Korean used to be written vertically and read from right to left until late 90s, hence the lyrics in some vids.

Movies
Note: All of the movies are colored, just couldn't find a pic for some. Links lead to full, subtitled movies on Youtube.
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난장이가 쏘아올린 작은공 A Small Ball Shot by a Midget (1981)
Summary: A poor family of a midget father struggles to make a living and keep its dignity.
A bittersweet classic with some heartwarming moments.

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앵무새 몸으로 울었다 Parrot Cries with Its Body (1981)
Summary: You wouldn't believe the summary anyway.
Somewhat funny, often NSFW, mostly WTF. The ever present and well shot beautiful Korean scenery and many a NSFW scene turned a dull evening into a bit confusing but still a fun experience.

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화녀 82 The Woman of Fire 82 (1982)
Summary: This is a remake of the classic "The Housemaid", whatever that is.
A fucked up "horror" including rape, babies, rats, rat poison and, of course, poultry. A few experimental scenes. One scene in particular was pretty powerful (01:51:20). Some NSFW. The kind of horror I can kinda enjoy as I wasn't really scared or at the edge of my seat at any point and slept like a baby afterwards - it's more of a dark themed fucked up story that slowly keeps spinning out of control to a point where you can only laugh. Sometimes it felt a bit too long though. I'll probably go see the original next time.

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여인잔혹사 물레야 물레야 Spinning the Tales of Cruelty Towards Women (1983)
Summary: Controversial at the time, this is about a young lady who gets raped repeatedly and ends up paying for it.
Quite insightful even after watching a lot of recent historical dramas and movies. Traditional music as the main and only soundtrack? Yes please. NSFW - Ever wondered what that boobie coming from under the hanbok looks like? Well if you're into historical movies and want something more serious, this is as good as it gets. I WOULD recommend this but the story is so simple and predictable and then there's.... MUL. BE. RRY

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뽕 Mulberry (1985)
Summary: A village beauty knows how to get what she wants, or needs, actually, considering her situation.
Lee Mi-Sook got it all and she stole my heart, too. This one is certainly my favorite out of the bunch. It's just too playful, fun and NSFW to miss out on. At the same time, it's not stupid or totally random like, say, the Parrot. As I was halfway through I knew I'd be coming back to this movie in the future.. it just left me with so many fun memories and random boners.

+ Show Spoiler [Lee Mi-sook Goddess Teaser] +

If you feel like exploring some more, here's milki's post on the 90s:
http://www.teamliquid.net/blogs/viewblog.php?topic_id=127520
I have yet to get to that, but judging by the first line it probably sucks.

I guess I'll spend some more time in the 80s, not sure if I want to leave yet or where to go next anyway. If you know of anything particularly noteworthy I didn't list (there's bound to be a lot) please share.

phosphorylation

United States2935 Posts

October 30 2013 01:02 GMT

Ah yes, 80's korean rock is some good stuff.

Ettick

United States2434 Posts

October 30 2013 01:03 GMT

I thought this would be a blog about Starcraft in the 80's at first, but then realized that not many people would remember playing it during that time period.

Nerevar

547 Posts

October 30 2013 01:54 GMT

On October 30 2013 10:03 Ettick wrote:
I thought this would be a blog about Starcraft in the 80's at first, but then realized that not many people would remember playing it during that time period.

1980 or 2080? I do remember seeing a BW Proleague in 2084. KT Rolster maintained their winning record against SKT1 thanks to RoboFlash's brilliant bio play against the FantasyLovesOov clone's mech play.

Unfortunately, I was caught in a time vortex and thrown into the boring past.

iSometric

2221 Posts

October 30 2013 01:55 GMT

H.O.T. (90's though) is awesome.