Mudang: Reconciliation for the Live and the Dead

A long time ago in Korea, Mu (Korean Shamanism) ensured the well-being of the country and its people through a Gut which was effectively the passageway between the living and the dead. This work portrays the Mudangs (Korean Shamans) of Korea. Beginning at the Kyung-buk province, where a Byulsin Gut, is performed by a Seseummu, the scene moves up to the Northern part of the Han river where Gangsinmus preside over a Gut. Through the story of the Danggol sisters in Jingo who specialize in Ssit-Kim Gut, the film illustrates the road to reconciliation between the living and the dead, with Mu as its medium.