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Declaration of Fools (1984)

Genre : Drama, Comedy

Runtime : 1H 37M

Director : Lee Jang-ho

Synopsis

Beginning with the suicide of a film director, this work represents the Korean New Wave Cinema movement that focused on criticizing the Korean society in the 1980s through satire and humor. The journey taken by the characters, who lead low lives at the margins of the society, award them with a sense of liberation, however brief.

Actors

Lee Bo-hee
Lee Bo-hee
Hye-young
Kim Myung-gon
Kim Myung-gon
Dong-cheol
Lee Hee-sung
Lee Hee-sung
Yook-deok
Jeon Suk
Jeon Suk
Kim Ji-young
Kim Ji-young

Crews

Lee Jang-ho
Lee Jang-ho
Director
Dong-cheol Lee
Dong-cheol Lee
Novel
Si-mon Yoon
Si-mon Yoon
Writer

Posters and backgrounds

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