First Experience

첫경험 (Cheot Gyeongheom)

Directed by Hwang Hye-mi (황혜미)

1970•95 min
Genre
Romance
Language
Korean
Featured in
Pioneers

Synopsis

Middle-aged gentleman Ki-jun and college dropout In-ae meet by chance on a flight to Busan and soon begin seeing each other regularly. Their secret meetings grow more frequent until the affair turns passionate. When Ki-jun's wife Ji-suk learns the truth, she is overcome by humiliation and attempts an affair of her own. In-ae then leaves, choosing to keep her time with Ki-jun as a precious first experience—and their marriage is pulled back from the brink of collapse.

Still

First Experience still

Still courtesy of the Korean Film Archive / KMDb.

Selected Awards

Winner

Baeksang Arts Award

Best New Director (1971)

Footnote

  1. First

    Korea's fourth woman director — the only one active in the 1970s; all three of her films are now considered lost

Main Cast

Namkoong WonNamkoong WonYun Ki-jun
Yoon Jeong-heeYoon Jeong-heeHa In-ae
Kim Ji-miKim Ji-miOh Ji-suk
KKKim Kyung-sooLee Jun-woo
Oh Kyung-ahOh Kyung-ahChoi Ae-ra

Director