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Jeong Ji-yeong

Fallen heroes – two contrasting Korean war films

by Philip Gowman on 2 July, 2009

in Film reviews and comment, Jeong Ji-yeong, KCC Film Club, Lee Man-hee

June last year at the KCC saw the screening of two contrasting Korean War films from the 21st century. This year we saw two contrasting films from the last century, with very different perspectives.
Lee Man-hee’s The Marines who Never returned takes a heroic look at the South Korean forces as the allied troops move north [...]

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Nambugun – the first of two Korean War films this month at the KCC

9 June 2009 Events news
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In the first of two films selected to mark the anniversary of the start of the Korean War on 25 June 1950, the KCC will be screening Jeong Ji-yeong’s Nambugun (North Korean Partisans in South Korea, 남부군) on Thursday 11 June, 7pm.
The 1990 film, with screenplay by director Jang Sun-woo, stars Ahn Sung-ki and the [...]

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Korea’s least-known best films?

13 May 2009 Buddhism
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Mark Morris from Cambridge University’s Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies discusses two films shown at the Barbican on Sunday.
The International Buddhist Film Festival (IBFF) chose the Barbican Centre for its venue between 7-17 May. Two remarkable Korean films stood out among an eclectic mix of documentary and narrative films.

The 1949 Hometown of the [...]

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