Mondo Macabro’s WOMAN CHASING THE BUTTERFLY OF DEATH Street Dates Revised to 10/22/19

Mondo Macabro’s WOMAN CHASING THE BUTTERFLY OF DEATH Street Dates Revised to 10/22/19

Woman Chasing the Butterfly of Death 1 Blu-ray disc Label:  Mondo Macabro Prebook:  9/10/19 Revised Street:  10/22/19 MSRP:  $29.95 UPC:  843276019792 Catalog #:  MDO197 Genre:  Horror Color, 117 minutes, in English and Korean with English subtitles Region A. Widescreen Anamorphic 2.35:1 PCM Mono Production year:  1978 in Korea Director:  Kim Ki-young Cast:  Kim Ja-ok, Nam Kung Won, Kim Man, Am Park, Hyang Lee, Po Yeo, Lee Hwa-si As a kind of crazy cinematic ghost train ride, WOMAN CHASING THE BUTTERFLY OF DEATH takes us on a journey deep into the darkness of one man’s fears and fantasies. That man is Young-gul, a lonely and rather morbid student in the late 1970’s South Korea. Narrowly surviving a murder-suicide attempt by a woman wearing a butterfly pendant, he next finds himself besieged by a seemingly insane bookseller who claims he can never die. Even after Young-gul burns the man’s body his skeleton comes back to taunt him. As if that weren’t enough, the poor student then finds himself the victim of a beautiful thousand-year-old woman (she looks about 25) who says she is hungry and wants to eat his liver! The director, Kim Ki-young, was one of Korea’s most successful filmmakers. His 1960 production THE HOUSEMAID is now a recognized classic of world cinema. With this film, he goes far beyond the bounds of the real and takes us into a world where anything seems possible, a world where a kind of dream logic rules. Almost impossible to summarize, the film is nevertheless insanely enjoyable. A real one-of-a-kind production that opens our eyes to the limitless possibilities of cinema. SPECIAL FEATURES: 4k transfer from the film negative. Digitally restored. Interview with actress Lee Hwa-si. Interview with producer Jeong Jin-woo. Interview with cinematographer Koo Jong-mo. Interview with Darcy Paquet. Audio commentary by Kenneth Brorsson and Paul Quinn of the “What's Korean Cinema?” Podcast. Mondo Macabro previews.