Tour of Duty
KIM Dong-ryung, PARK Kyoung-tae
- Korea
Synopsis
The Sunyuri red light district located at the Paju U.S. military camp town became a well-known site after the Korean War. Now awaiting its fate to be demolished, this film sets out on a trip through time and space in this place where certain memories and people have long departed and others still linger.
Director
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KIM Dong-ryung
She graduated from Ewha Womans University with a degree in English Language and Literature, and studied lmmaking at the Korean Academy of Film Arts. She has been studying lm at Université Paris 8. She directed American Alley, a feature-length documentary about foreign women working as entertainers in the US military camp sites. Tour of Duty (2012) American Alley (2008) Alice in Wonderland (2008)
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PARK Kyoung-tae
He graduated from Dongguk University with a master’s degree in Sociology. He has been studying lm at Université Paris 8. He has built up an intimate perspective on survivors of campsites through his documentaries Me and the Owl and There is. Tour of Duty (2012) A Nice Place (2009) Veteran Does Not Disappear, Just(2008)