Like Stray Bullet, The Coachman was made in the early 1960s, during a brief moment of relaxed censorship that would end with the 1961 military coup. The film is a rather winning melodrama, charting the rocky course of a hapless widower and his family as they variously seek love, employment, and social mobility in a straitened Seoul. Overall, the film artfully and endearingly combines comedy and tragedy, so its ending, while contrived, is thoroughly satisfying.
by Leo Goldsmith | Source: Bitwin DVD
16 Oct 2005 7:41 PM | Submit Comment