
Known for
NRWhile travelling, a Japanese couple, afflicted by poverty and illness, arrive at a village a little over one ri east of Buyeo in Buyeo County. Despite the devoted nursing of Yi Jong-man and his wife, Jintarō and his wife die, leaving behind their only son, Kazuo. The simple-hearted villagers gather to arrange the couple’s funeral, and Kazuo is cherished by the Yi family like a precious treasure. Raised entirely as a Korean, he grows up in their care for six years.
Pure Heart is the Same as God
1928
No synopsis available yet.
The Red Lotus Flower and Blighted Love
1927
9.0Bo-shim's father sends her to a rich man to be his concubine. Her lover, Geum-ryong, becomes a Buddhist monk in the hope of forgetting her but with little success
The Consolatory Song
1930
NRNo synopsis available yet.
An Ox without Horn
1927
The main character, a wealthy family man, falls in love at first sight and leaves his wife. In the end, he squanders his fortune and, abandoned by his beloved, tries to return to his ex-wife, but she has already cut her hair in a nun.
The Unforgettable Song
1927
9.0The film concerns a student, Ch'oe Yeongjin, who has become mentally ill after being imprisoned and tortured by the Japanese for his involvement in the March 1, 1919 protest against the Japanese colonial rule.
Arirang
1926
Film credits
1920s · 4 titles
No synopsis available yet.
The Red Lotus Flower and Blighted Love
1927
NRNo synopsis available yet.
An Ox without Horn
1927
9.0The film concerns a student, Ch'oe Yeongjin, who has become mentally ill after being imprisoned and tortured by the Japanese for his involvement in the March 1, 1919 protest against the Japanese colonial rule.
Arirang
1926
6.0The oldest remaining film in Korea sets in the 1920s for enlightenment
There is No Poverty at the End of Labor
1920
Behind the camera
NRWhile travelling, a Japanese couple, afflicted by poverty and illness, arrive at a village a little over one ri east of Buyeo in Buyeo County. Despite the devoted nursing of Yi Jong-man and his wife, Jintarō and his wife die, leaving behind their only son, Kazuo. The simple-hearted villagers gather to arrange the couple’s funeral, and Kazuo is cherished by the Yi family like a precious treasure. Raised entirely as a Korean, he grows up in their care for six years.
Pure Heart is the Same as God
1928
The main character, a wealthy family man, falls in love at first sight and leaves his wife. In the end, he squanders his fortune and, abandoned by his beloved, tries to return to his ex-wife, but she has already cut her hair in a nun.
The Unforgettable Song
1927
The main character, a wealthy family man, falls in love at first sight and leaves his wife. In the end, he squanders his fortune and, abandoned by his beloved, tries to return to his ex-wife, but she has already cut her hair in a nun.
The Unforgettable Song
1927
6.0The oldest remaining film in Korea sets in the 1920s for enlightenment
There is No Poverty at the End of Labor
1920
