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Title Standing on the edge of death / directed by Kim Dong-won
Published Honolulu, HI : Asia Pacific Films, 1990

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Description 1 online resource (1 video file (31 min.))
Series Asian film online
Summary The economic progress of Korea, has exacerbated the social disparity that exists in Seoul. Impoverished, and thus original discriminated against, villagers feel the crushing burden of supporting their families and keeping a roof over their heads. However, developers who clear the villages in Seoul to build apartment buildings, leave them homeless, and unable to afford the high rental costs. For some, death is a better alternative to the indignities that they suffer in life
Notes Title from resource description page (viewed Aug. 6, 2013)
Festivals: Focus On - Korean Retrospective, 11th Jeonju International Film Festival; Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
This edition in Korean with English subtitles
Subject Poor -- Korea (South) -- Seoul
Poor.
Korea (South) -- Seoul.
Genre/Form Documentary films.
Documentary films.
Documentaires.
Form Streaming video
Author Kim, Tong-wŏn, 1955- film director.
김동원, 1955- film director.
Other Titles 880-01 Original title: Pyŏrange sŏn tosibinmin
880-01/$1 Original title: 벼랑에 선 도시빈민
Original title: Byeorange seon dosibinmin