Mudang (2003)

AKA:
Mudang: Reconciliation Between the Living and the Dead
Yeongmae: san jawa jugeun ja-ui hwahae

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Park Ki-bok's documentary Mudang: The Reconciliation of the Living and the Dead is a successful work because it provides a valuable experience for viewers from widely different backgrounds. For those new to Korean Shamanism (Mu), the basic structure of the documentary allows for easy comprehension. Forms of Korean Shamanism are, for the most part, separated by the Han River.

Shamans in cities and villages to the South of the Han and East of the Taebaek Mountains, such as Jindo Island, are primarily Saseummu ('Hereditary Shamans' who have their status passed down through familial lineage where the women become shamans and the men ritual (Gut) musicians.

Whereas in cities North of the Han and Central Korea, such as Seoul, Gangshinmu ('Possessed Shamans' or 'Spiritual Shamans' obtain their standing after claims of possession by a master spirit have been confirmed by other Gangshinmu.

Gangshinmu also engage in fortunetelling and have more recently crossed the Han River to perform their rituals in the South, but the Saseummu are not known to have traveled North. (The DVD has wonderful extras, in English along with Korean, which help viewers, such as this one, clarify the terms.) - - KoreanFilm.org

Directed by:Park Ki-bok
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