Salangeul chajaseo
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Screenplay Na Woon-gyu Cinematography Lee Chang-Yong Writer Woon-gyu Na | Director Na Woon-gyu Producer Na Woon-gyu Duration Country Korea | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Language Silent film
Korean intertitles Release date April 10, 1929 (1929-04-10) Cast Na Woon-gyu, Ok Jeon, Bong-chun Yun, Lee Geum-Ryong, Lee Gyeong-Seon People also search for Field Mouse, Farewell, Punguna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Salangeul chajaseo (사랑을 찾아서) (In Search of Love, or Looking For Love) is a 1929 Korean film written, directed, produced, edited by and starring Na Woon-gyu (1902-1937). The film premiered at the Choseon Theater in April, 1929. More than one thousand extras from Na's hometown Hoeryong were employed in the filming of Salangeul chajaseo, making the film into a symbolic epic national exodus as a protest against the Japanese occupation of Korea. Originally entitled Crossing the Duman River (두만강을 건너서), the film was banned and censored by the Japanese occupying authorities after its first showing. Popular demand caused it to be re-released, though in a heavily edited form, and renamed In Search of Love. As with the vast majority of Korean films of this era, Salangeul chajaseo is a lost film.
Plot summary
The plot concerns three characters who have lost hope in continuing their lives in Korea—Kokosu (Lee Geum-ryong), an old man who has lost his farmland; Dong-min (Na Woon-gyu); and Jong-hui (Jeong Ok), who had been betrayed by her boyfriend. Kokosu had been a bugler in the Korean military during the last days of the Joseon Dynasty. Seeking a better life in northeast China, the three are attacked by bandits and the Japanese while attempting the ice-covered Tumen River crossing of the China–North Korea border . With his last breath, Kokosu blows the army bugle he had carried with him all his life. Dong-min takes the bugle and continues playing it.
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