Declaration of Fools

Beginning with the suicide of a film director, this work represents the Korean New Wave Cinema movement that focused on criticizing the Korean society in the 1980s through satire and humor. The journey taken by the characters, who lead low lives at the margins of the society, award them with a sense of liberation, however brief.

Director

Lee Jang-ho

Writers

Yoon Si-mon, Hwang Sok-yong, Lee Cheol-yong

Released

November 4, 1983

Language

Korean