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The Silk Flower
Kim Jeong-wook

The Silk Flower

  • Documentary
RELEASE

2013-10-17

BUGET

N/A

LENGTH

91 min

Description

The word “Manshin” refers to a shaman who are considered an intermediary between gods and humans. Kim Keum-hwa, Korea’s most famous shaman, is also a world-renowned Korean traditional dancer and a religious figure respected by the Vatican. The documentary tells the story of her fascinating life journey from a girl forced to take a job she never asked for to becoming a living national treasure.