
Known for
5.5A young man is anguished that Koreans cannot volunteer to join to Japanese Imperial Army.
Volunteer
1941
NRHow schoolboy Yoon Ho and his friend Seung Mo are looking for the grave of his brother who died during the struggle of the Korean people for their independence. The film tells about the guys' adventures during these searches.
Young Captain
1958
NRChun-hyang, the daughter of a geisha in the Namwon region, and Lee Mong-ryong are engaged. When Lee Mong-ryong goes up to Seoul with his father, Byeon Hak-do, the newly appointed magistrate, attempts to take Chun-hyang. Chun-hyang rejects his pleas for her to come serve him and he throws her in jail. Meanwhile, Lee Mong-ryong becomes an undercover detective after placing first on his national exam and goes to Namwon to arrest Byeon Hak-do and rescue Chun-hyang.
The Story of Chun-hyang
1935
7.4An orphan left in the care of a Buddhist temple becomes attached to a young widow who arrives there to mourn her recently deceased son.
A Hometown in Heart
1949
6.0A film based on the memoir of a 4th grade student who received the grand prize in a writing contest sponsored by Gyeongseong Daily. A boy, whose parents sell brass spoons on the street while his grandmother is sick in bed, never has money for his tuition. Fortunately, his aunt offers to pay for his tuition and his classmates raising funds for him. To top it all off, his parents return a few days later to promise him that they will pay for his tuition the next time.
Tuition
1940
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Wakaki sugata
1943
Film credits
1950s · 15 titles
NRHow schoolboy Yoon Ho and his friend Seung Mo are looking for the grave of his brother who died during the struggle of the Korean people for their independence. The film tells about the guys' adventures during these searches.
Young Captain
1958
NRThe film tells a funny story about how two old men, wanting to meet their son-in-law and daughter-in-law, travel from the village to Pyongyang and find themselves in a funny and confusing situation.
My Daughter-in-law, My Son-in-law
1958
NRThe film tells the story of a newlywed couple working on the railroad (the husband is a train driver and his young wife works at a lathe) in a lyrical and poignant tone. Both have difficult personalities and their own views on life, but together they take an active part in the economic recovery of the country after the Korean War.
The Newlyweds
1955
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Village People
1957
5.0Story of two brothers, stayed in different parts of Korea. Elder one works on recovery of electric plant. Younger brother comes back to native town with sabotage task.
Brothers
1957
NRA screen adaptation of the novel by North Korean writer Yong Song. On the anti-Japanese partisan struggle of the Korean partisans in the 1930s.
Mt. Baekdu can be seen everywhere
1956
7.0The film tells the story of a small group of the Korean People's Army, led by Hakcheol Lee, deputy chief of the reconnaissance division, which went behind enemy lines.
Scouts
1953
About the plight of poor man Dek Sam and his daughter Bok Sir, expelled from the north of Korea by supporters of the South Korean regime of Singman Ri, who, like thousands of other unemployed, are doomed to terrible hardships and poverty.
I can see the Big Dipper
1959
NRAgainst the backdrop of the time when North Korea was fighting the war for the liberation of the Korean peninsula (1950-1953), the main character, Ok-khi Cho, participates in a guerrilla war in a village occupied by the American military.
The Miss of Guerrillas
1954
NRThe story of a Korean who, since childhood, lived under the rule of Japanese invaders. During the Korean War, the hero devotes all his strength to the fight against the aggressors, worthily serving the homeland he loves.
Son of the Motherland
1956
NRBased on the story of the same name by Han Sorya, which tells one of the pages of the life of South Korean youth - her struggle against external interference and for the unification of the peoples of South and North Korea.
Goodbye
1958
The film tells about the life and struggle of the Korean peasants living on the Phundekber plain, near the 38th parallel, against the Americans and the Lisinman people. The film is set in 1950.
The Road of Happiness
1956
7.0About how spies made their way to the plant where Geum Sam works and how they, using some facts from his biography, want to force this person to help them in their criminal activities.
At Nine O'Clock
1958
NRThe story of how the pioneers helped to hide the equipment of the mine where gold was mined from the enemy, and thereby disrupted the restoration of the work.
Pioneer Honor
1959
NRThe plot revolves around a pair of hunters, Moonil Lee and Sun-deok Kim, who wage an armed struggle to defend their homeland during the war on the Korean Peninsula (1950-1953).
Defenders of the native land
1952
1940s · 16 titles
5.5A young man is anguished that Koreans cannot volunteer to join to Japanese Imperial Army.
Volunteer
1941
7.4An orphan left in the care of a Buddhist temple becomes attached to a young widow who arrives there to mourn her recently deceased son.
A Hometown in Heart
1949
6.0A film based on the memoir of a 4th grade student who received the grand prize in a writing contest sponsored by Gyeongseong Daily. A boy, whose parents sell brass spoons on the street while his grandmother is sick in bed, never has money for his tuition. Fortunately, his aunt offers to pay for his tuition and his classmates raising funds for him. To top it all off, his parents return a few days later to promise him that they will pay for his tuition the next time.
Tuition
1940
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Wakaki sugata
1943
7.0No synopsis available yet.
You and I
1941
No synopsis available yet.
I Will Go
1942
8.0Two Korean conscripts undergo Imperial Japanese Army training, much to the pleasure of their families.
Dear Soldier
1944
A pro-Japanese film showing documentary footage of a dance troupe made up of Koreans comforting Koreans and their families during conscription on the Japanese mainland.
Impressive Diary
1945
No synopsis available yet.
我れらの戰爭
1945
NRThree men who have been taken to the compulsory labour under the Japanese colonialism turn back to their hometown, a fishing village. They break the injustice and corrupt customs and rebuild the devastated village with the help of the village girls.
A New Oath
1947
NRNo synopsis available yet.
The Adventure of Ttolttori
1946
9.0A propaganda film used by the Japanese military to recruit young Korean men as soldiers to defend the northwest border from possible Chinese attacks during World War II
Garden of Victory
1940
NRA Japanese-speaking family in occupied Korea deal with the war.
Straits of Chosun
1943
A pro-Japanese film in which a teacher at a school in an island village gives her students a comprehensive education, encouraging them to also volunteer to enlist in the Imperial Japanese Army.
Children of the Sun
1944
An educational film about how a backward impoverished village was able to prosper thanks to the initiative of the village youth who began to grow tobacco.
Dawn of the Mountain Village
1940
7.0In the previous year, the harvest had been very poor and many farmers starved durng the winter. With the new growing season, it looks as if the harvest will again be bad because of a lack of rain. Young, idealistic farmer Eun-gi asks rich Kim Han to share his bounty, but the request is refused. Eun-gi's rightous fury is turned to rain by the heavens, giving the poor farmers a cause to celebrate
A Song in the Year of Abundance
1942
1930s · 7 titles
NRChun-hyang, the daughter of a geisha in the Namwon region, and Lee Mong-ryong are engaged. When Lee Mong-ryong goes up to Seoul with his father, Byeon Hak-do, the newly appointed magistrate, attempts to take Chun-hyang. Chun-hyang rejects his pleas for her to come serve him and he throws her in jail. Meanwhile, Lee Mong-ryong becomes an undercover detective after placing first on his national exam and goes to Namwon to arrest Byeon Hak-do and rescue Chun-hyang.
The Story of Chun-hyang
1935
NRThe border smuggler leader Lee Geum-ryong had a sweetheart Kim So-young, who was only looking for a chance to escape. Geum-ryong's subordinate, Jeon Taek-i, is in love with So-yeong, but helps So-yeong to escape from the smuggling lair. Geumryong's gang pursues and a fight breaks out, and Jeon-taek uses all his might to defeat the gang and crosses the border with So-yeong.
Frontier
1939
NRPro-Japanese propaganda film to educate the people in Korea. The old man, convinced that "the expansion of production is the duty of the entire population," faints while alone carrying water to the family's rice field. At the request of the old man to spare no effort to expand production to help the emperor, the women gather together to carry water to the old man's field.
I Will Die Under My Flag
1939
NRA couple lived in the mountains of Dume who were grilling charcoal. Although it was a poor life, Hyun-bo (Choi Woon-bong) was happy whenever he saw his wife (Hyun Soon-young). Her wife had a small dream to try on a pair of white rubber shoes. Her husband buys her rubber shoes by selling charcoal to the marketplace to please her wife. At that time, the forest supervisor (Jeon Taek-i) sees her beautiful Hyun Soon-young and tries to rape her. Hyeon-bo, who witnessed the scene, kills the forest supervisor with an axe. Looking at her husband's back as she was being dragged away by the police, Soon-young's long-awaited white rubber shoes were in her hands.
Alter for a Tutelary Deity
1939
NRSeong-jae, a maid of Yeong-dal's house, lives with her daughter Soon-i. Her neighboring village, Seok-ju, loves Soon-i. However, as Yeong-dal's scheme makes it difficult to make a living for sewing, Soon-i becomes Yeong-dal's concubine. Sewing, who saved her foundation thanks to her daughter, opened the tavern she had always dreamed of. However, Soon-i leaves a letter without saying a word and she leaves for Pyongyang. After a while, a large sum of 150 won was remitted from her Soon-i. There she became a whore. When Seong-bong learns of her, he takes her Seok-ju and goes to find her. However, the way to pay off her 500 won debt was vague. On a rainy night, Seong-joo robs her pawnshop and gives Seok-joo a bundle of stolen money and collapses. But it was a piece of her newspaper and she felt relieved that she was freed from sin. In front of Se-bong, the happy wedding scene between Seok-ju and Soon-i comes to mind.
Obituary
1938
NRSimple school teachers Koh Young-woo and Choi Il-yeop love each other and do their best to teach the illiterate. However, he is despised by the village elders. Seeing that their will does not waver at all, the village elders understand and cooperate.
Return Spot
1939
NRThe film depicts the reality of Joseon at the time through the conflict between the old and the new generation and the ethics between father and son. Park No-in (Yoon Bong-chun) is a boatman who believes in his profession. He intends to pass the ferry he inherited from his ancestors to his son (Lee Geum-ryong). But he doesn't want to be a boatman. When his father's compulsion grows stronger, one night he goes out alone to the riverside, caresses the oar stained by his father's hands, and then abruptly leaves.
The Han River
1938


