Susanne Brink's Arirang

1991 South Korean film

Susanne Brink's Arirang
Theatrical poster

Hangul	수잔브링크의 아리랑
Revised Romanization	Sujan beuringkeu-ui arirang
McCune–Reischauer	Suchan bŭringk‘ŭ-ŭi arirang

Directed by	Jang Gil-su
Written by	Yu U-jae Jang Gil-su
Produced by	Kim Kae-sung
Starring	Choi Jin-sil
Cinematography	Son Hyeon-chae
Edited by	Kim Hee-su
Music by	Shin Byung-ha
Release date	September 21, 1991 (1991-09-21)
Countries	South Korea Sweden
Languages	Korean Swedish

Susanne Brink's Arirang (Korean: 수잔브링크의 아리랑) is a 1991 South Korean/Swedish film based upon the life and experiences of Susanne Brink, an adult Korean adoptee from Sweden who suffered abuse and racism in her adoptive home and country. The real Susanne Brink died of cancer in January 2009 at the age of 45; she was interred in her hometown of Norrköping.

Cast

Choi Jin-sil as Susanne
Åsa Älmeby as Nurse
Kim Yun-kyeong
Malin Berghagen as Ulrika
Pierre Boutros as Christer
Lars Green as Rune
Pia Green as Inger
Jeon Suk
Helena Lindblom
Park Yong-soo
Niclas Wahlgren as Willy
Mona Seilitz as Birgitta
Kim Ji-young

References

Hübinette, Tobias. "The Nation is a Woman: The Korean Nation Embodied as an Overseas Adopted Korean Woman in Chang Kil-su's Susanne Brink's Arirang". Intersections: Gender, History and Culture in the Asian Context, Issue 11, August 2005. Retrieved on 6 December 2008.
Hübinette, Tobias. "The suffering and shaming of Korea". Comforting an Orphaned Nation, pp. 126–143. Retrieved on 6 December 2008.
Hübinette, Tobias. "Susanne Brink's Arirang". The adopted Koreans of Sweden and the Korean adoption issue, pp. 9–11. Retrieved on 6 December 2008.
Hübinette, Tobias. "Representing Adopted Korean Women in Korean Feature Films". Nationalism, Subalternity, and the Adopted Koreans, pp. 118–119. Retrieved on 6 December 2008.