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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.
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