简介：Synopsis ScholarMaeng(KimSeung-ho)isexultantwhenhesucceedsingettinghisdaughterbetrothedtothesonofagovernmentminister.ButwordreacheshimthatMi-eon(ChoiHyeon),hisprospectiveson-in-law,islameinoneleg.Becomingin-lawswithaninfluentialfamilyisallverywell,butScholarMaeng'sreluctancetomarryhisdaughtertoacrippleoutweighshisambitionandhedevisesaschemetopassoffhisdaughter'smaidIp-bun(ChoMi-ryeong)asthebride.Ontheweddingday,Mi-eonmakeshisappearanceattheweddinghall,revealinghimselftobeasplendidyoungmanwithoutahintofalimp.ScholarMaengisutterlyflabbergastedanddismayed,butitistoolate:themaidIp-bunbecomesMi-eon'swife. Notes "ThefirstKoreanmovietoreceiveanawardatanoverseasfilmfestival" Withoutadoubt,TheWeddingDay'smainclaimtodistinctioninthehistoryofKoreancinemaliesinthefactthatitwasthefirsttowinanawardalbeitinaminorcategoryatanoverseasfilmfestival(ComedyAwardattheAsianFilmFestival).Althoughthismaynotseemlikemuchfromourcurrentstandpoint,theawardwasevidencethataKoreanfilmreceivedtherecognitionofaforeignfilmfestivalforthefirsttimeinhistoryand,assuch,deliveredatremendousstimulustothoseinthedomesticfilmindustry.ItistruethatKoreanactors,directors,andotherindustrypersonnelwhoweremakingmoviesinacountryravagedbycolonialoccupationandcivilwarwereinthegripsofadeepinferioritycomplextowardmoreadvancedfilmindustries.AlthoughtheaccoladereceivedbyTheWeddingDaydidnotfullycurethiscomplex,itprovidedthebasisonwhichtobuildacertainlevelofconfidenceaboutthefuturepotentialofKoreanmovies.TheexportofKoreanfilmsbecamemoreactiveintheyearsthatfollowed,andintheearly60sseveralwereevensubmittedtosuchprestigiousfestivalsasVenice,Berlin,andCannes. Ofcourse,TheWeddingDayhassufficientartisticmeritinitselftoberecognizedasanimportantpartofKoreancinematichistory.ComedywasanunfamiliargenreinthehistoryofKoreanfilms,butTheWeddingDaysucceededingarneringpositiveresponsesbothfromcriticsandattheboxoffice.ThisservedasthefoundationforthecontinuedcreationofcomedyfilmsinKorea.Afurtherdistinctionofthismovieisthefactthatitsfunnymomentsarederivednotfromslapstickbutfromironyandsatire,rootingitfirmlyinthetraditionoffolkdramarichinlocalcolor.TheperformanceofKimSeung-ho,asamanwhosegreedleadshimtoplothisownmisfortune,elicitstheaudience'slaughter.…