Won Je-rae

A Korean family is separated during the Japanese colonial period and end up in different parts of Asia, and on different sides of the Korean Civil War.

A man assists a woman in danger, but through her actions, she unintentionally causes his death. Everyone in the village knows that she visits his tomb every spring, but no one knows the details of her story.

영우와 친구들은 이성호 선생의 지도 아래 학생독립단을 조직해 활동하던 중 일본군의 추격을 피해 두만강 건너 동지들이 있는 만주로 간다. 일본군 헌병대장인 와키노는 독립단원 창환의 연인 연화를 좋아하게 되고, 연화는 이를 이용해 정보를 얻어 독립단에 제공한다. 두만강 기슭에서 다시 만나기로 한 영우 일행과 창환 일행은 시시각각 좁혀 오는 포위망 속에 많은 동지들을 잃고, 이윽고 두만강을 건너기 위해 일본군과 마지막 혈전을 벌인다. 임권택 감독의 연출 데뷔작으로, 1960년대 초반 활발하게 만들어진 ‘만주 웨스턴’의 초기작이다. 만주와 두만강 사이 국경을 배경으로 스펙터클한 액션을 제공하고 있으며, 특히 마지막 전투 장면에서 스키를 타고 설원을 내려오며 총격을 벌이는 장면은 단연 압권이다.

In order to gain revenge on the killers of his parents, a man joins an organized crime ring as a hit man. The brutality of his slayings in his quest for vengeance makes him a man that the police desperately want to collar. ※ Only the first 32 minutes of the film currently exist today. The plot summary has been added in the form of title cards to aid the viewing experience.

Mr. Park raises his children by repairing charcoal pits. Although ignorant and stubborn, Mr. Park has a good heart. He is displeased, however, with his eldest daughter, Yong-sun (Jo Mi-ryeong), because of her close relationship with Jae-cheon (Hwang hae), who is a scamp in his eyes. He is also unsatisfied with his second daughter, Myeong-sun (Eom Aeng-ran), for liking Ju-sik (Bang Su-il). Only his eldest son, Yong-beom (Kim Jin-gyu), is the apple of his eye, as he approves of his son's wife, Jeom-rye (Kim Hye-jeong). When Yong-beom is sent to a foreign branch office, Mr. Park is against it at first but approves of it, as he knows what it means for his son's future. Eventually, too, he begins to approve of his two daughters' relationships.