Blue Swallow (film)

Infobox Korean Film
name = Blue Swallow


caption =
director = Yoon Jong-chan
producer = Daniella Na
Verne Nobles
Seok Myeong-hong
writer = Yoon Jong-chan
starring = Jang Jin-young
Kim Joo-hyuk
Yu-min
music = Michael Staudacher
cinematography = Yun Hong-shik
editing =
distributor = Korea Pictures
released = nowrap|December 29, 2005Release date and admissions (as of january 15, 2006) taken from [http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Blue_Swallow.php HanCinema] ; budget estimate taken from [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0409811/business IMDb] .]
runtime = 133 min.
country = South Korea
language = Korean
Japanese
budget = ₩8,000,000,000
gross =
admissions = 482,962
website =
imdb_id = 0409811
hangul = 청연
hanja = 靑燕
rr = Cheong-yeon
mr =

"Blue Swallow" is a 2005 South Korean film based on the true story of Park Kyung-won, an early Korean female pilot. The film became controversial when Park's alleged pro-Japanese activities came to light. It was also found that she was not, as the filmmakers had thought, the first female pilot from Korea; this distinction in fact belonged to Kwon Ki-ok of the Republic of China Air Force. Some Koreans protested the movie and called for it not to be released.

Cast

* Jang Jin-young ... Park Kyung-won
* Kim Joo-hyuk ... Han Ji-hyeok
* Yu Min ... Masako Kibe
* Han Ji-min ... Lee Jeong-heui
* Toru Nakamura ... Instructor
* Takeo Nakahara ... Foreign Minister
* Kim Tae-hyun
* Ko Joo-yeon
* Kim Gi-cheon

Awards

* 25th Fajr International Film Festival, 2007
** Crystal Simorgh for best screenplay

References

External links

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* [http://www.hancinema.net/korean_movie_Blue_Swallow.php "Blue Swallow"] at HanCinema
* [http://www.koreanfilm.org/kfilm05.html#blueswallow "Blue Swallow" review] at Koreanfilm.org
* [http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200512/kt2005122220105510970.htm "Blue Swallow" Faces Turbulence"] , "The Korea Times", December 22, 2005.