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The Uprising (I Jaesu-ui nan)

이재수의 난 KOREAN

1998 | No - 12 100min 1999-06-26 (Release) 56,913(Total Admissions)

Production: Planning Times, Robserbatoire
Distributors: Cinema Service
Director: Park Kwang-su
Actor: Lee Jung-jae , Shim Eun-ha , Dong Bangwoo , Frederic Andrau , Sebastien Tavel See all

Plot

Off the coast of korea lies Cheju Island. It is a time of great turbulence for Cheju as the forces of imperialism threaten the island. Under urgent circumstances, YI Jae-su, a messenger boy, who was dreaming of a simple life with Sook-hwa, a beautiful young girl, becomes commander of the rebel forces in the Cheju Insurrection of 1901. At the very moment of accepting his position as commander, YI Jae-su realizes he can no longer be who he was and that there was no a turning back. As he is confronted with the questions of good and evil, a test of loyalty, and the bittersweet nature of history. Not taking any perspective, the film sides merely with a crow which appears throughout the story as both narrative and symbolic device. The film is about YI Jae-su, a forgotten man whose life was hit by the violent winds of history blowing through Northeast Asia one hundred years ago, and ended up losing his head. As the director states, "What rises to the surfaces is that the past is not 'lost' time, but rather a time 'continued' into the present."

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Director :: Park Kwang-su
Actor :: Lee Jung-jae 이재수 역
Shim Eun-ha 일숙화 역
Dong Bangwoo 채군수 역
Frederic Andrau 구신부 역
Sebastien Tavel 문신부 역

Staff

Adaptation

: Park Kwang-su OH Seung-uk Doe Sung Hee Sim Jae-hyeon

Producer

: Yoo In-taek

: Lee Chang-jun

Cinematography

: Kim Hyung-koo

Light

: Park Jong-hwan

Edit

: Kim Hyeon

Music

: Won Il