- Salangeul chajaseo
Infobox Korean Film
name = Salangeul chajaseo (In Search of Love).jpg)
caption = Na Woon-gyu in Salangeul chajaseo (In Search of Love) (1929)
director =Na Woon-gyu
producer = Na Woon-gyu
writer = Na Woon-gyu
starring = Na Woon-gyu
Lee Geum-ryong
Jeong Ok
Yun Bong-chun
music =
cinematography =Lee Chang-yong
editing = Na Woon-gyu
distributor = Na Woon-gyu Productions
released =April 10 ,1929
runtime = (1,512 ft)
country = flagicon|KoreaKorea
language =Silent film
Korean intertitles
budget = 3,500 won
imdb_id = 0151043
hangul = 사랑을 찾아서
rr = |"Salangeul chajaseo" (사랑을 찾아서) (In Search of Love) is a 1929
Korea n film written, directed, produced, edited by and starringNa Woon-gyu (1902-1937). The film premiered at the Choseon Theater in April, 1929. More than one thousand extras from Na's hometownHoeryong 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 ofKorea n films of this era, "Salangeul chajaseo" is alost film .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
Joseon Dynasty . Seeking a better life inManchuria , the three are attacked by bandits and the Japanese while attempting to cross the ice-covered Duman River which borders Korea and Manchuria. 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.References
*cite book|author= Kim, Kab-ui|year=2001|title=Chunsa Na Un-gyu chonjip: ku saengae wa yesul (춘사나운규전집: 그생애와예술)|publisher=Chimmundang|location= Seoul|id=ISBN 89-303-0877-5 [http://www.aladdin.co.kr/shop/wproduct.aspx?ISBN=8930308775]
*cite book|author= Lee Young-il, Richard Lynn Greever, tr.|year=1988|title=The History of Korean Cinema|publisher=Motion Picture Promotion Corporation, Seoul|id=ISBN 89-88095-12-X
* [http://www.koreafilm.or.kr/english/db_detail_eng.asp?p_dataid=00054 Looking for Love - Going across River Doomankang(Salang-eul chaj-aseo)] at [http://www.koreafilm.or.kr/english/ The Korean Film Archive (KOFA)]External links
* [http://www.koreafilm.or.kr/DB/db_detail_still.asp?nation=K&p_dataid=00054 Images from "Salangeul chajaseo"] at [http://www.koreafilm.or.kr/main/index.asp The Korean Film Archive (KOFA)]
ee also
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List of Korean language films
*Cinema of Korea
*List of Korea-related topics
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