I Am a Truck (1953)

Overview : Worldy renowned for his masterpiece The Housemaid (1960), Kim Ki-young debuts with his first short film I Am a Truck (1953), which was sponsored by UN and made a year after the armistice of the Korean War. This film is a fascinating glimpse into the mind of a soon-to-be powerful auteur and influential filmmaker in the post-war Korean cinema, if not the whole history of Korean cinema.

Release Date : January 1, 1953

Runtime : 18m

Genre : Documentary  

Companies : U.S.I.S., Liberty Production (KR)

Countries : South Korea

Keywords : factory, repair, truck, anthropomorphism, short film