Susanne Brink's Arirang
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Susanne Brink's Arirang is a 1991 South Korean
/Swedish
film based upon the life and experiences of Susanne Brink, an adult Korean adoptee
from Sweden who suffered abuse and racism in her adoptive home and country.
Cinema of Korea
Korean cinema encompasses the motion picture industries of North and South Korea. As with all aspects of Korean life during the past century, the film industry has often been at the mercy of political events, from the late Joseon dynasty to the Korean War to domestic governmental interference...
/Swedish
Cinema of Sweden
Swedish cinema is known as producing many critically acclaimed movies, and during the 20th century was the most prominent of Scandinavia. This is largely due to the popularity and prominence of the directors Ingmar Bergman, Victor Sjöström, and more recently Lasse Hallström and Lukas...
film based upon the life and experiences of Susanne Brink, an adult Korean adoptee
Korean adoptee
A Korean international adoptee or KAD is a person who was adopted from South Korea through the international adoption of South Korean children as a child and raised in another country, often by adoptive parents of another race, ethnic background, and culture.-Historical context and the impact of...
from Sweden who suffered abuse and racism in her adoptive home and country.
Cast
- Choi Jin-silChoi Jin-silChoi Jin-sil was a South Korean actress. She was considered one of the best actresses in South Korea, nicknamed "The Nation's Actress"...
... Susanne - Asa Almeby ... Nurse
- Kim Yun-kyeong
- Malin Berghagen ... Ulrika
- Pierre Boutros ... Christer
- Lars Green ... Rune
- Pia Green ... Inger
- Jeon Suk
- Helena Lindblom
- Park Yong-soo
- Niclas Wahlgren ... Willy
- Mona Seilitz....Birgitta
- Kim Ji-yeong