Mom and the Red Bean Cake

Mom and the Red Bean Cake
Hangul
풀빵엄마
RRPulppang eomma
MRP'ulppang ŏmma
Written byNoh Kyung-hee
Directed byYoo Hae-jin
StarringChoi Jeong-mi
Choi Eun-seo
Choi Hong-hyeon
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
Production
Running time60 minutes
Original release
Release2010 (2010)

Mom and the Red Bean Cake (Korean풀빵엄마) is a 2010 South Korean documentary about a single mother with stomach cancer who supports her family by selling cakes, directed by Yoo Hae-jin. It was produced by MBC, and honored at the 38th International Emmy Awards.[1][2]

Background

The story was first shared through an episode of a south korean documentary show called "Human documentary: love" on May 8th, 2009 that aired in the south korean tv station mbc.[3]The episode aired on May 8th as a celebration of Parents' Day in south korea.[4]The episode reached a 12.6% in its viewership rate.[5]The studio also received 70 calls from viewers asking the station if they can open an account to fund the family featured in the show.[6]Because of the show's impact, the station considered a sequel to the episode,[7]but the mom who was the topic of the episode died of her stomach cancer on July 30th 2009.[8]After she died the kids were handled by her older sister.The episode also reaired during the christmas season that year and had the highest viewership compared to other shows that were airing when the episode was reairing.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Korean documentary wins Emmy award". The Korea Herald. The Korea Herald. 23 November 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  2. ^ "Korean documentary 'Mom and the Red Bean Cake' wins Emmy". Yonhap. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
  3. ^ "MBC 휴먼다큐 사랑, 올해도 5편 방송". naver.
  4. ^ "방송사들 일제히 어버이날 특별 다큐 마련".
  5. ^ "휴먼다큐 '풀빵엄마', 12.6%…'시청자 울렸다'".
  6. ^ "'휴먼다큐 사랑-풀빵엄마' 최정미 씨 후원 물결 잇따라".
  7. ^ "'휴먼다큐 사랑-풀빵엄마', 뜨거운 반응에 후속 고려중'".
  8. ^ "휴먼다큐 사랑 '풀빵엄마' 끝내 사망‥네티즌 추모물결". newsen.
  9. ^ "'풀빵엄마' 제작진 "아이들 잘 지내고 있다"".