Sarangeul chajaseo

{{Short description|1929 Korean film by Na Woon-gyu}}

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{{Infobox film

|name = Sarangeul chajaseo (In Search of Love)

|image = SarangEul Chaseo (1928).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
Jeon Ok
Yun Bong-chun

|music =

|cinematography = Lee Chang-yong

|editing = Na Woon-gyu

|distributor = Na Woon-gyu Productions

|released = {{Film date|1929|04|10||df=y}}

|runtime = (1,512 ft)

|country = Korea

|language = Silent film
Korean intertitles

|budget = 3,500 won

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

|hangul = 사랑을 찾아서

|rr = Sarangeul chajaseo

|mr = Sarang ŭl ch'ajasŏ}}

}}

Sarangeul chajaseo ({{Korean|hangul=사랑을 찾아서|lit=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 {{Ill|Choson Theater|ko|조선극장}} in April 1929. More than one thousand extras from Na's hometown Hoeryong were employed in the filming of Sarangeul 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 ({{Korean|hangul=두만강을 건너서|labels=no}}), 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, Sarangeul chajaseo is a lost film.

Production

The film was shot using 14 35mm films.{{cite web|url=http://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Contents/SearchNavi?keyword=%EC%82%AC%EB%9E%91%EC%9D%84%20%EC%B0%BE%EC%95%84%EC%84%9C&ridx=7&tot=369|script-title=ko:사랑을찾아서|website=Encyclopedia of Korean Culture}}

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

{{Reflist}}

  • {{cite book|author= Kim, Kab-ui|year=2001|title=Chunsa Na Un-gyu chonjip: ku saengae wa yesul (춘사나운규전집: 그생애와예술)|publisher=Chimmundang|location= Seoul|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|isbn=89-88095-12-X}}

Literature

『한국영화전사』(이영일,삼애사,1969)