Salangeul chajaseo (In Search of Love)
Na Woon-gyu in Salangeul chajaseo (In Search of Love) (1929)
Hangul
Revised RomanizationSarangeul chajaseo
McCune–ReischauerSarang ŭl ch‘ajasŏ
Directed byNa Woon-gyu
Written byNa Woon-gyu
Produced byNa Woon-gyu
StarringNa Woon-gyu
Lee Geum-ryong
Jeon Ok
Yun Bong-chun
CinematographyLee Chang-yong
Edited byNa Woon-gyu
Distributed byNa Woon-gyu Productions
Release date
  • 10 April 1929 (1929-04-10)
Running time
(1,512 ft)
CountryKorea
LanguagesSilent film
Korean intertitles
Budget3,500 won

Salangeul chajaseo (사랑을 찾아서) (In Search of Love, or Looking For Love) is a 1929 Korean film written, directed, produced, edited by and starring Na Woon-gyu (1902-1937). The film premiered at the Choson Theater in April 1929. More than one thousand extras from Na's hometown Hoeryong were employed in the filming of Salangeul chajaseo, making the film into a symbolic epic national exodus as a protest against the Japanese occupation of Korea. Originally entitled Crossing the Duman River (두만강을 건너서), the film was banned and censored by the Japanese occupying authorities after its first showing. Popular demand caused it to be re-released, though in a heavily edited form, and renamed In Search of Love. As with the vast majority of Korean films of this era, Salangeul chajaseo is a lost film.

Production

The film was shot using 14 35mm films.[1]

Plot summary

The plot concerns three characters who have lost hope in continuing their lives in Korea—Kokosu (Lee Geum-ryong), an old man who has lost his farmland; Dong-min (Na Woon-gyu); and Jong-hui (Jeong Ok), who had been betrayed by her boyfriend. Kokosu had been a bugler in the Korean military during the last days of the Korean Empire. Seeking a better life in northeast China, the three are attacked by Chinese "majeok" bandits and the Japanese while attempting the ice-covered Tumen River crossing of the China–North Korea border . With his last breath, Kokosu blows the army bugle he had carried with him all his life. Dong-min takes the bugle and continues playing it.

See also

References

  1. "사랑을찾아서". Encyclopedia of Korean Culture.
  • Kim, Kab-ui (2001). Chunsa Na Un-gyu chonjip: ku saengae wa yesul (춘사나운규전집: 그생애와예술). Seoul: Chimmundang. ISBN 89-303-0877-5.
  • Lee Young-il, Richard Lynn Greever, tr. (1988). The History of Korean Cinema. Motion Picture Promotion Corporation, Seoul. ISBN 89-88095-12-X.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

Literature

『한국영화전사』(이영일,삼애사,1969)


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