Imjaeobtneun naleutbae

Imjaeobtneun naleutbae
Na Woon-gyu in Imjaeobtneun naleutbae (1932)
Hangul	임자없는 나룻배
Directed by	Lee Kyu-hwan
Produced by	Kang Jeong-won
Written by	Lee Kyu-hwan
Starring	Na Woon-gyu Moon Yae-bong Kim Yeon-sil Lim Woon-hak
Cinematography	Lee Myeong-woo
Editing by	Lee Kyu-hwan
Distributed by	Yoo Shin Kinema Company
Release date(s)	September 14, 1932
Country	Korea
Language	Silent film Korean intertitles
Budget	1,200 won

Imjaeobtneun naleutbae (임자없는 나룻배) ("The Ownerless Ferry Boat") is a 1932 Korean film starring Na Woon-gyu. It premiered at Dan Sung Sa theater in downtown Seoul. This was director Lee Gyu-hwan's first film. This film is significant as the last pre-liberation film that was able to present an openly nationalistic message, because of increasing governmental censorship at this time.^[1]

1 Plot summary
2 References
3 Notes
4 External links
5 References
6 See also

Plot summary

The plot concerns Soo-sam, a farmer who goes to Seoul and works as a rickshaw man. He is jailed for stealing money to pay for his wife's hospital bills. Upon release from jail, he learns that his wife has had an affair. Disgusted, Soo-sam returns to his village with his daughter and becomes a ferry boat operator. When a bridge is constructed 10 years later, he loses his job. After the bridge engineer tries to rape his daughter, Soo-sam dies when he is hit by a train while trying to destroy the bridge. After their house burns, killing his daughter, Soo-sam's ferry boat remains as the "Ownerless Ferryboat" referred to in the title. The original final scene had Soo-sam taking an axe to the bridge. This was cut by governmental censors because, as Lee says, "to axe the bridge was to describe the anger of the Korean people against the Japanese occupation." ^[2]

References

"A ferry boat that no one owns (Imja-eobsneun nalusbae)" (in English). The Korean Film Archive (KOFA). http://www.koreafilm.org/english/db_detail_eng.asp?p_dataid=00092. Retrieved on 2007-05-04.
Kim, Kab-ui (2001). Chunsa Na Un-gyu chonjip: ku saengae wa yesul (춘사나운규전집: 그생애와예술). Seoul: Chimmundang. ISBN 89-303-0877-5. [1]

Notes

^ Min Eungjun, Joo Jinsook, and Kwak HanJu (2003). Korean Film : History, Resistance, and Democratic Imagination. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0-275-95811-6. , p.11
^ *Lee, Young-il (1988). The History of Korean Cinema. Motion Picture Promotion Corporation. ISBN 89-88095-12-X.

External links

Images from Imjaeobtneun naleutbae at The Korean Film Archive (KOFA)

References

Lee, Young-il (1988). The History of Korean Cinema. Motion Picture Promotion Corporation. ISBN 89-88095-12-X.
Min Eungjun, Joo Jinsook, and Kwak HanJu (2003). Korean Film : History, Resistance, and Democratic Imagination. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers. ISBN 0-275-95811-6.