The Gingko Bed
Relentless Invention: New Korean Cinema, 1996–2003
November 22 - December 12, 2019
An art professor finds himself at the center of a haunted love triangle in this deliriously surreal, strangely poignant tale of obsessive love from beyond the grave, one of the first homegrown blockbuster hits produced by the modern Korean film industry.
One of the first homegrown blockbuster hits produced by the modern Korean film industry, the feature debut of director Kang Je-gyu (Shiri) is a delirious vision of inter-romance between spirit and mortal in which an art instructor (Han Suk-kyu) finds himself at the center of a haunted love triangle involving an ancient princess and a murderous general after he comes into possession of a bed made from a cursed gingko tree. The crudely expressionistic CGI effects only add to the otherworldly aura of this surreal and strangely poignant tale of obsessive love from beyond the grave.
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