<The Extra Lanes (Kabyunchaseon)> (1992)

Director : Yang Yun-ho
Year of Production : 1992
Genre : Drama/Fiction
Format : 16mm/Color
Running Time : 25 minutes

Crew :
Script/Director : Yang Yun-ho
Cinematography : Jeong Dong-jin
Music : Seo Woo-young
Assistant Director : Kim Jae-hyeong, Kim Hye-soo
Editor : Yang Yun-ho, Kim Jae-hyeong
Title Song : Kim Byung-koo
Makeup : Park Su-jin

Cast :
Park Sin-yang, Jin Nam-soo

Synopsis

It’s early morning. As with any other day, laborers who must live off of what they earn each day gather together. But no work is given to a man who is limping in one leg. Byeong-man goes together with the limping man who is given work on the condition that he receive less money, to work drawing lanes in a freeway. They work without a break, erasing freeway lines in a reversible lane. Rich young men passing by in an expensive car boo them and throw an empty can at them with ten dollars inside. The workers fight over the ten dollars and in the process, Byeong-man gets hit by a car and dies. The car that hit Byeong-man passes by without stopping and the world moves on.

Purpose of Production

It is to take an objective look at the people who have been forsaken by society.

Director Bio : Yang Yun-ho (1966- )

Born in 1966 on Jeju Island, he graduated from the Theater and Film Department at Dongguk University. He became recognized for his talent when The Extra Lanes, a short film he directed in 1992 while he was still in college, won grand prizes at both the Cheju Sinyoung Short Film Festival and the Seoul Independent Film Festival. He made his public debut in 1996 with Yuri (Yuli) which was selected to compete for the Jury Award at the Cannes International Film Festival - a first for a Korean film. Afterward, he mainly directed commercial movies such as Zzang (Jjang) (1998), White Valentine (White Valentine) (1999), Libera Me (Libera me) (2000), and Holiday (Holiday) (2006).