Peasants (film)

{{Infobox film

|name = Peasants

|image = Peasants (film).jpg

|caption = Theatrical poster

|director = Kim Ki-young{{cite web|url=https://www.kmdb.or.kr/eng/db/kor/detail/movie/K/03195|title=Earth (Heulg) (1978)|accessdate=2021-07-06|publisher=Korean Movie Database (KMDb)}}

|producer = Lee Woo-suk

|writer = Kim Yong-Jin
Lee Kwang-sun

|starring = Lee Hwa-si
Kim Chung-chul

|music = Han Sang-ki

|cinematography = Koo Joong-mo

|editing = Hyeon Dong-chun

|distributor = Dong-a Exports Co. Ltd.

|released = {{Film date|1978|3|25}}

|runtime = 125 minutes

|country = South Korea

|language = Korean

|native_name = {{Infobox Chinese/Korean|child=yes|hide=no|header=none

|hangul = 흙

|hanja =

|rr = Heuk

|mr = Hŭk }}

}}

Peasants ({{Korean|hangul=흙}}) is a 1978 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-young.

Plot

During the Japanese occupation, a Korean lawyer devotes his work to rural development, believing this is the only way to preserve Korean identity. Interpreting these actions as anti-Japanese, the Japanese authorities imprison the lawyer for five years. When he is released, he finds his wife continuing his work.

Cast

Lee Hwa-si
Kim Chung-chul
Yeom Bok-sun
Nam Sung-Hoon
Park Jung-ja
Kim Choo-ryeon
Gwon Mi-hye
Park Am
Kim Won-seop
Yeo Po

References

Bibliography

{{cite web|url=http://www.asianfilms.org/korea/kky/KKY/Cabinet/Soil-f23.htm|title=The Soil|accessdate=2008-05-01|last=Lee|first=Sun-Hwa|publisher=The House of Kim Ki-young|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040508143356/http://www.asianfilms.org/korea/kky/KKY/Cabinet/Soil-f23.htm|archivedate=2004-05-08|url-status=dead}}

External links

{{IMDb title|0314177}}

Category:Films directed by Kim Ki-young

Category:1970s Korean-language films

Category:South Korean historical drama films

Category:1970s historical drama films