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1996 South Korean film

Henequen
Theatrical poster for Henequen (1996)
Directed by	Kim Ho-sun
Written by	Im Yu-sun Kim Ho-sun
Produced by	Kwak Jeong-hwan Roh Jin-seup
Starring	Chang Mi-hee
Cinematography	Lee Seong-chun
Edited by	Hyeon Dong-jun
Music by	Michael Staudacher Kim Jeong-hui
Distributed by	Hap Dong Films Co., Ltd.
Release date	December 13, 1996 (1996-12-13)
Running time	148 minutes
Country	South Korea
Languages	Korean Spanish

Henequen (Korean: 애니깽; RR: Enikkeng) is a 1996 South Korean film directed by Kim Ho-sun. It was awarded Best Film at the Grand Bell Awards ceremony.

Plot

This historical drama, set in 1905, depicts the difficult plight of Korean henequen field laborers in Mexico. The story follows the love between the daughter of an aristocratic family fallen on hard times, and the son of a butcher.

Background

The film tells the story of Korean people who were brought to Yucatán under false promises of a good life, including wealthy Koreans, but were instead ended up forced to work as slaves by the Yucatán henequen industry landlords, which were proud Spanish descendants of the Yucatecan upper class. At that time, it was the main industry of the state of Yucatán and henequen was referred to as the "green gold", as it made many Yucatecan families very wealthy.

This part of history where Korean people were used as slaves under brutal conditions (and even killed), didn't appear in Yucatecan history books until recently. When the movie was filmed outside of Mérida, Yucatán, it became a real eye opener to Yucatecan society about the horrible abuse inflicted to Korean people decades ago, which they were not aware of.

The henequen plant, which produces the sisal fibre, is traditionally used for rope and twine, and is a fibrous plant from the state of Yucatán, in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula.

Cast

Chang Mi-hee
Yim Sung-min
Kim Seong-su
Kim Cheong
No Yeong-guk
Lee Jong-man
Han Tae-il
Joo Ho-sung
Park Kwang-jin
Hong Jeong-uk

Bibliography

"Henequen". The Complete Index to World Film. Archived from the original on 2012-09-08. Retrieved 2009-07-18.

References

^ "Anniquin (Aenikkaeng)(1996)". Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Retrieved 2021-07-05.
애니깽. Cine21 (in Korean).
"Grand Bell Awards (Daejong)". korean-drama-guide.com. Retrieved 2021-07-06.

External links

Henequen at IMDb

Preceded byThe Eternal Empire

Grand Bell Awards for Best Film
1996

Succeeded byThe Contact

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