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The Sea Knows ( Hyeonhaetaneun Algo Itda )

현해탄은 알고 있다 KOREAN

1961 | Yes - 19 Republic of Korea 117min 1961-11-10 (Release) 100,000(Total Admissions)

Production: Korea Art Movie Co., Ltd
Director: Kim Ki-young
Actor: Gong Midori , Kim Wun-Ha , Kim Jin-kyu , Ju Jeung-ryu , Kim Ji-mee See all

Plot

January 1944. Korean students are conscripted as student soldiers for a transportation troop in Nagoya, Japan. Among them are Arowoon (Kim Wun-Ha) and Inoue (Lee Sang-sa), who were on a blacklist for defying the proconsul. A veteran soldier Mori (Lee Yea-chun) makes Arowoon lick the dirty sole of his combat boots or bark and act like a dog, maltreating him as a worthless being. The Japanese abuse them as they emphasize "50-years-long tradition of Japanese army" but Arowoon and Inoue sneer at them. Then Arowoon comes across Hideko (Gong Midori) who is Japanese and falls in love with her. He dates Hideko during his furlough or whenever he has time and is consoled by Hideko as they talk about what he goes through at the army. Hideko's mother (Ju Jeung-ryu) is strongly against their relationship but they get married on their own. Then, Arowoon escapes the army immediately before the massed air-raid of the U.S. and wanders around the bombed streets. When the army base and the city became completely chaotic, Japanese soldiers performed group cremation for dead soldiers as they forbid families from seeing the corpse. People are enraged as they see dead bodies burn and Arowoon walks out amid burning bodies and gets to meet Hideko again.

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Director :: Kim Ki-young
Actor :: Gong Midori 히데꼬 역
Kim Wun-Ha 아로운 역
Kim Jin-kyu 나까무라 일등병 역
Ju Jeung-ryu 히데꼬의 모 역
Kim Ji-mee 한경희 역

Staff

Writer (novel)

: Han Un-sa

Adaptation

: Kim Ki-young

Producer

: Kim Ki-young

Planner

: Kim Yeong-cheol Choe Dong-gwon

Cinematography

: Choe Ho-jin

Light

: Yun Chang-hwa

Edit

: Oh Young-Keun

Music-작곡지휘

: Han Sang-ki

Music-주제가

: Kim Seong-tae