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Summary:

Io Island: An investor planning on developing a tourist resort begins an investigation into the legends of the mysterious Io Island in the hope of exploiting its unspoiled beauty.
Scales: Set in a dystopian landscape, Scales is the story of a young strong-willed girl, Hayat, who lives in a poor fishing village governed by a dark tradition in which every family must give one daughter to the sea creatures who inhabit the waters nearby.

Table of Contents:

• Io Island (1977) (112 min.)
• Scales (2019) (76 min.).

Contributors:

Kim, Ki-yŏng, 1919-1998 , film director

Ha, Yu-sang (Screenwriter) , screenwriter

Lee, Chung-Joon , screenwriter

Jeon, Il-seong , director of photography

Han, Sang-gi (Composer) , composer

Hyeon, Dong-Chun , editor of moving image work

Lee, Hwa-shi , actor

Kim, Chŏng-ch'ŏl, 1946- , actor

Choi, Yoon-suk , actor

Kwon, Mi-hye , actor

Ameen, Shahad , film director, screenwriter

Nasser, Rula , film producer

Ribeiro, João , director of photography

Kourtzer, Fabien , composer

Kourtzer, Mike , composer

Dulaimy, Shahnaz , editor of moving image work

Lind, Ewa J. , editor of moving image work

Salloum, Ali , editor of moving image work

Hajjar, Basima , actor

Barhoum, Ashraf , actor

Al Taei, Fatima , actor

Alfarhan, Yagoub , actor

Severin Films , publisher

Languages:

English
Korean
Arabic

Language Notes:

Io Island: Dialogue in Korean.
Scales: Dialogue in Arabic.

Included Works:

Iodo (Motion picture)

Sayyedat al-Bahr (Motion picture)

Related Series:

All the haunts be ours: a compendium of folk horror; v. 2

Subjects:

Islands — Korea (South) — Drama

Fishing villages — Drama

Daughters — Drama

Genres:

Motion pictures

Horror films

Feature films

Fiction films

System Details:

Io Island: Blu-ray; regions A, B, C; mono.
Scales: Blu-ray; regions A, B, C; 5.1 surround sound.

Performers:

Cast: Cast of Io Island: Hwa-shi Lee, Jeong-cheol Kim, Yun-seok Choi, Mi-hye Kwon.
Cast: Cast of Scales: Basima Hajjar, Ashraf Barhom, Fatima Al Taei, Yagoub Alfarhan.

Production Credits:

Io Island: director of photography, Il-seong Jeon ; music, Sang-gi Han ; editor, Dong-Chun Hyeon.
Scales: director of photography, João Ribeiro ; music, Fabien Kourtzer, Mike Kourtzer ; editors, Shahnaz Dulaimy, Ewa J. Lind. Ali Salloum.

General Notes:

Description based on: Title from container.
Io Island: Directed by Kim Ki-young ; written by Yu-sang Ha, Chung-Joon Lee
Scales: Written and directed by Shahad Ameen ; produced by Rula Nasser.
Io Island originally released as a motion picture in 1977; Scales originally released as a motion picture in 2019.
Wide screen (2.35:1).
Wide screen (1.85:1).
Special features for Io Island include: audio commentary with archivist and Korean film historian Ariel Schudson; Shaman's eyes; Dr. Hyunseon Lee on shamanism in Korean visual culture (26.5 mins); short film: the present (Joe Hsieh, 2013, 15 mins).
Special features for Scales include: telling out stories, a conversation with director Shadad Ameen and producer Rula Nasser, moderated by filmmaker/author Kier-La Janisse (35 mins); trailer; short film: Kindil (Damien Ounouri, 2016, 40 mins).

Audience:

MPAA rating: Not rated.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (188 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

4 3/4 in.; polychrome

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; mono; surround; sound

Film Characteristics:

2.35:1; 1.85:1; wide screen

Digital Characteristics:

video file; Blu-ray; all regions

Call Numbers:

LO 1977 BLU

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 760137164289
Publisher Number, Severin Films: SEV16428BR (container)
Publisher Number, Severin Films: SEV16428BR (disc)

OCLC Numbers:

1472832774