

Declaration of Fools
1983-11-04 · 97 min · ★ 6.8
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.
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- Directors
- Lee Jang-ho
- Production companies
- Hwacheon Trading
- Countries
- South Korea
- Status
- Released
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Lee Bo-heeHye-young
Kim Myung-gonDong-cheol
Kim Ji-young
Lee Seok-ku
Nam Po-dong
Kim Su-Gyeong
Park Jin-hee
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