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| Unearthed Past: Japanese Colonial Period Play Film Collection / 1930s |
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. Movies :
- <Sweet Dream> (Yang Ju-nam,1936) . 4:3 Full Screen | B/W | Dolbi Digital Mono | 48min
- <Military Train> (Seo Gwang-je,1938) . 4:3 Full Screen | B/W | Dolbi Digital Mono | 67min
- <Fisherman's Fire> (An Cheol-yeong,1939) . 4:3 Full Screen | B/W | Dolbi Digital Mono | 52min
. Special Feature :
- ‘Sweet Dream’ Pre-restoration Edition (48 min)
- ‘Sweet Dream’ Comparative Motion Picture of the Pre-restoration and Post-restoration Editions (3 min)
- Motion Picture Unearthed in Gosfilmofond in Russia ‘I Will Die under My Flag’ (1930, Lee Ik, Okano Shinichi) (9 min)
- Gosfilmofond Edition ‘Fisherman’s Fire’ (13 min)
- Motion Picture Unearthed in Gosfilmofond in Russia ‘The Story of Shim Cheong’ (1937, Ahn Seok-yeong (13 min)
- Film Scene Collection
. Subtitles : Korean, English
This is the second series after the ‘Unearthed Past: Japanese Colonial Period Play Film / 1940s’ which was released and received favorable comments from domestic and international film researchers. It contains films that show the sentiments and landscapes of Korea in the mid or late 1930s including the ‘Sweet Dream’ unearthed in 2005, ‘Military Train’ discovered in 2004, and ‘Fisherman’s Fire’.
‘Sweet Dream’ is a melodrama dealing with a housewife, Ae-soon’s (Mun Ye-bong) deviation and repentance, and you can see the editing method of Korean sound films in the 1930s. ‘Military Train’ is regarded as the first pro-Japan, pro-government Korean film. It is Seo Gwang-je’s debut work as a film director. He was a film critic from KAPF. ‘Fisherman’s Fire’ (38) is Ahn Cheol-yeong’s debut work as a film director. It was also released in Japan as a ‘Peninsula Movie’ that contains the lyric landscapes of Korea. Ahn Cheol-yeong studied film in Germany.
The DVD of each work also contains valuable appendix motion pictures which may please researchers both at home and abroad. The ‘Sweet Dream’ DVD contains Comparative Motion Pictures of the Pre-restoration and Post-restoration Editions for the purpose of comparison with the digital restoration edition of the original. The Military Train DVD contains ‘I Will Die under My Flag’, which was unearthed in Gosfilmofond in Russia. The ‘Fisherman’s Fire’ DVD contains ‘Fisherman’s Fire’ and ‘The Story of Shim Cheong’, which was also discovered in Gosfilmofond in Russia.
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| <Gwang-su’s Film Factory> (Book + DVD combined) |
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Film education textbook
“Gwang-su’s Film Factory” consists of ‘Gwang-su’s Film Factory’ (book), one of the ‘Korean Film Archive Film Story Series’ books published earlier and a motion picture (DVD), the DVD version of this book. Both the book and the DVD provide a detailed introduction to the overall Korean film making process so that interested students and the general public can gain access to rich information on Korean film production sites. In particular, the DVD deals with the production process on which readers’ interest will be focused by presenting screens of real film locations with respect to the filmmaking process described in the book. Filmmaking image sources for the movies produced so far by Youth Film including “Wa-ni and Jun-ha” (2001), “The Red Shoes” (2005), “Old Miss Diary” (2007), etc. are used as planned jointly by the Korean Film Archive and Kimjo Gwang-su, president of Youth Film. Consisting of four chapters ? Pre-Production, Production, Post-Production, and Marketing, the 64-minute long DVD also contains an abundance of images including scenes of people working in each stage, interviews with experts for each part, and captions for an accurate description of film terms. ‘Gwang-su’s Film Factory’ is available at big bookstores, Internet bookstores, and DVD stores across the country.
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| Kim Ki-young Collection |
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. Director : Kim Ki-young
. Movies :
- <Goryeojang> (1963) . 2.35:1 Anamorphic Wide Screen | B/W | Dolbi Digital Mono | 110min
- <Chungnyeo> (1972) . 2.35:1 Anamorphic Wide Screen | Color | Dolbi Digital Mono | 115min
- <Promises> (1975) . 2.35:1 Anamorphic Wide Screen | Color| Dolbi Digital Mono | 105min
- <I-eoh Island> (1977) . 2.35:1 Anamorphic Wide Screen | Color| Dolbi Digital Mono | 111min
. Subtitles : Korean, English
The Kim Ki-young Collection produced to mark the 10th anniversary of director Kim Ki-young contains the following four movies: ‘Goryeojang’ (1963), which shows the director’s unique but weird imagination; ‘Chungnyeo’ (1972), which is regarded as director Kim Ki-young’s representative work; ‘Promises’ (1975), which shows a section of twisted modern people; and ‘I-eoh Island’ (1977), which deals with an intense insight into human desire and destiny. It also contains detailed comments and commentary of the respective movies by director Bong Joonj-ho, director Oh Seung-wook, film critic Kim Yeong-jin, and film critic Chung Sung-il as well as an additional documentary, which will serve to illuminate director Kim Ki-young’s work.
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| A Petty Middle Manager (Samdeung Gwajang) (1961) |
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. Director : Choi In-kyu
. Starring : Jeon Chang-keun,Yu Gye-seon,Hwang Ryeo-hui
. Special Feature :
- Kim Jong-won on <A Petty Middle Manager>
- Park Chang-ho Interview
- Kim Seung-ho Special
. Subtitles : Korean, English, Spanish, Chinese
. 4:3 Full Screen | B/W | Dolbi Digital Mono | 105min
Director Lee Bong-rae’s ‘A Petty Middle Manager’, which was re-illuminated through the last Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival Retrospective Exhibition, provides a comic depiction of the daily joys and sorrows of a petty bourgeois family. Featuring various episodes centering on low-salaried manager Goo Joon-taek (Kim Seung-ho) who is under pressure at work and lacking in authority at home, this work is a home drama showing director Lee Bong-rae’s unique witty dialogues and refined composition. He develops each person’s character and provides harmonious acting by character actors and actresses such as Do Kum-bong, Bok Hye-suk, Kim Hee-kap, and Yoon In-ja. It contains Actor Kim Seung-ho’s documentary, film critic Kim Jon-won’s explanation, and a picture collection as supplements, together with an interview with lighting director Park Chang-ho, who is specially associated with director Lee Bong-rae and a booklet containing Korean film history researcher Lee Gil-seong’s explanation, thus increasing its value as a Korean classic film DVD.
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| Mr. Park (Bakseobang) (1960) |
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. Director : Kang Dae-jin
. Starring : Kim Seung-ho,Hwang Jung-seun,Kim Jin-kyu,Jo Mi-ryeong
. Special Feature :
- Kim Jong-won on <Mr. Park>
- Kim Seung-ho Special
. Subtitles : Korean, English, Spanish, Chinese
. 4:3 Full Screen | B/W | Dolbi Digital Mono | 138min
‘Mr. Park’ provides a realistic depiction of then ordinary people’s lives and conflicts between generations by dealing with various events regarding Mr. Park (Kim Seung-ho). It is a work adapted from Kim Yeong-soo’s HLKA Radio Broadcasting Sytem, and made a big hit at the time of its release in October 1960. In particular, Kim Seung-ho who played Mr. Park, a furnace repairman received the Award for Best Actor at the 8th Asia Film Festival. It contains Actor Kim Seung-ho Documentary, film critic Kim Jon-won’s explanation, and a picture collection as supplements. There is also a booklet containing Korean film history researcher Lee Gil-seong’s explanation to provide valuable materials to movie lovers and Korean film history researchers.
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| The Past Unearthed |
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Feature Film Collection of the Japanese Colonial Period
. Movies :
- <An Angel without a House> (Choi In-kyu, 1941)
- <Spring in the Korean Peninsula> (Lee Byung-iI, 1941)
- <Volunteer> (An Seok-yeong, 1941)
- <Straits of Joseon> (1943)
. Subtitles : Korean, English
. 4:3 Full Screen | B/W | Dolbi Digital Mono
The Korean Film Archive has found and collected 4 feature films of the 1930s and 1940s at the China Film Archive since 2004. Thanks to this discovery, the films of that period which had left a blank in the Korean film archive now relocate themselves at their own place, and the films of the Japanese colonial period only as known in books became open to the public several times.
Various interpretations have been expressed on those films of the period. As a film critic, Kim Jong-won said, however, it would be the first step to open the past unearthed to the public and to see them wisely, before we apply dichotomy of ‘pro-Japan’ and ‘anti-Japan’ to the films. was first designed with this intention. The supplement of this collection contains the commentaries of a senior film critic, Kim Jong-won and the interviews of an actor Song Hwan-chang who starred in An Angel without a House. Most of all, the interview of Song could function as a precious material about the circumstances of film production and the theatrical culture at that time. The thesis of Lee Soon-jin, a researcher on the Korean film history in this brochure will show a way to comprehend the film culture of the period more deeply. The original scenario of An Angel without a House that the Korean Film Archive collected at Kawakita Memorial Film Institute of Japan in 2005 is also inserted in this brochure. It is donated by the widow of Nishikame Motosada who wrote it, which Lim Hwa translated to Korean dialogues. With this as a momentum, we hope to generate more various contexts and point of views and to make bloom of the study on the films and social cultural history in the 1930s and 1940s.
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| The Wedding Day (Sijibganeun nal) (1956) |
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. Director : Lee Byeong-Il
. Starring : Cho Mi-Ryeong,Kim Seung-Ho,Choi Hyeon,Kim Chil-Seong
. Special Feature :
- Kim Jong-won on <The Wedding Day>
- Still gallery / Cast & Crew
. Subtitles : Korean, English
. 4:3 Full Screen | B/W | Dolbi Digital Mono | 77min
A DVD of <The Wedding Day> has been added to the classical collection of the Korean Film Archive. Directed by Lee Byeong-il in 1956, the film is a social satire based on episodes where a state officer Maeng (Kim Seung-ho) wants to become in-laws with an influential family. But when he hears that the bachelor has a crippled leg, he decides to send his maid (Jo Mi-ryeong) to be his wife in the place of his daughter. This is where everything begins.
The DVD of <The Wedding Day> includes an explanation of the era when the film was made, the significance this film has in Korean film history, a foreword by director Lee Byeong-il, and a booklet with a collection of newspaper clippings of when this film was released in theaters. The DVD supplement includes a film interpretation by critic and professor Kim Jong-won, a collection of still shots, and introduction of the cast which will be important material to assist the understanding of the actual movie.
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| Shin Sang-ok Collection |
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Shin Sang-ok's 5 masterpieces on 1960's
. Director : Shin Sang-ok
. Movies :
- <A Romantic Papa> (1960) . 4:3 Full Screen | B/W | Dolbi Digital Mono | 131min
- <Mother and a Guest> (1961) . 2.35:1 Letterbox | B/W | Dolbi Digital Mono | 103min
- <Seong Chun-hyang> (1961) . 2.35:1 Letterbox | Color| Dolbi Digital Mono | 119min
- <Deaf Samryongi> (1964) . 2.35:1 Letterbox | B/W | Dolbi Digital Mono | 85min
- <Thousand Years Old Fox> (1969) . 2.35:1 Letterbox |Color| Dolbi Digital Mono | 89min
. Subtitles : Korean, English
The Shin Sang-ok Collection contains a set of director Shin Sang-ok’s five representative films bundled on the occasion of the 1st anniversary of his death. It consists of director Shin Sang-ok’s five following representative works in the 1960s when his production capability was at its peak: ‘A Romantic Papa’, the best family drama in the early 1960s, in which Kim Seung-ho, Ju Jeung-ryu, Cho Eun-hee, and Kim Jin-kyu played enthusiastically; director Shin Sang-ok’s representative work ‘Mother and a Guest’, which enables even today’s audience to remember him; ‘Seong Chun-hyang’, which was an unprecedented box office hit, thus opening the golden age for the Shin Film; ‘Deaf Samryongi’, which shows his delicate production ability and Kim Jin-kyu’s and Park Nou-sik’s enthusiastic acting; and ‘Thousand Years Old Fox’, which is representative of the original version of the earliest horror films in Korea’s film history. ‘Seong Chun-hyang’, in particular, is the version edited directly by director Shin Sang-ok to be closest to the original version. The Collection also contains Hongik Univ. professor Ahn Jin-soo’s theories of Shin Sang-ok’s direction and works to enable the general public to understand his works easily. Professor Ahn is also actively working as a researcher for the Korean Film Archive. It also contains a documentary “Director Shin Sang-ok Special” produced by the Korean Film Archive, and an interview with film elder Hwang Nam who once worked as a producer for the Shin Film in its early stage, which will help illuminate director Shin Sang-ok’s film world.
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| Hyperbolae of Youth (Cheongchunssanggogseon) (1956) |
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. Director : Han Hyung-mo
. Starring : Hwang Hae,Ji Hak-ja,Lee Bin-hwa
. Special Feature :
- Kim Jong-won on <Hyperbolae of Youth >
- Han Hyung-mo Special / Cast & Crew
. Subtitles : Korean, English
. 4:3 Full Screen | B/W | Dolbi Digital Mono | 94min
This is the 7th work of the Korean Film Archive’s Classic Film Collection. It shows director Han Hyeong-mo’s excellent sense of the comedy genre. He successfully mobilized the audience through his work, ‘Madam Freedom’(56). ‘Double Curve of Youth’ also provides additional footage of popular musical elements including Park Si-chin playing the guitar and the violin appearing in the initial part. This movie, which shows the happenings of people from different classes meeting and getting married, combines them with musical elements which are entertainment patterns familiar to Korean masses in those days, thus providing us with unusual pleasure.
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| Piagol (Pi-agol) (1955) |
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. Director : Lee Kang-Cheon
. Starring : Kim Jin-Kyu, No Kyeong-Hee, Lee Ye-Chun, Heo Jang-Kang
. Special Feature :
- Kim Jong-won on <Piagol>
- Director Lee Kang-Cheon Special documentary
- Still gallery / Cast & Crew
. Subtitles : Korean, English
. 4:3 Full Screen | B/W | Dolbi Digital Mono | 108min
The classical collection of the Korean Film Archive (director Lee Hyo-in) has released a total of 4 films from 2004 to 2005, to promote the outstanding quality of Korean classics : <Hurrah for Freedom (Ja-yumanse)> (’46), <Yangsan Province (Yangsando)> (’55), <Madame Freedom (Ja-yubu-in)> (’56), <The Hand of Destiny (Unmyeong-ui son) (’54).
This year, <Piagol> (’55) is being released as their fifth piece.
<Piagol> is a film based on the records and memoirs of North Korean guerillas during the 1954 Jiri Mountains Guerilla Liquidation Mission. Director Lee Gang-cheon wrote this scenario for his second film and cast Kim Jin-gyu, Noh Gyeong-hee, and Heo Jang-gang. The film portrays North Korean guerillas as human beings in the 1950s when North Koreans were absolute enemies to us and the government banned the film altogether. This brought about countless debates and heated discussions among media and people of all levels in society.
The <Piagol> DVD includes an introduction to the era when the film was made, the film’s significance in the film history of Korea, and analyses of realism in anti-Communism films made at the time. A booklet that includes a foreword by director Lee Gang-cheon is also included. In particular, a collection of newspaper articles that accurately reflect the atmosphere of the times and the content of the debate that went on regarding anti-Communism films can also be found.
Furthermore, a word of introduction from the director of the Korean Film Archive, interview with the film critic and professor Kim Jong-won, collection of still shots, and introduction of the cast are included. Also attached in the DVD is a 40 minute documentary on director Lee Gang-cheon produced by the Korean Film Archive in 2003, which is an important resource in understanding the actual film.
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| Madame Freedom (Ja-yubu-in) (1956) |
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. Director : Han Hyung-mo
. Starring : Park Am,Kim Jeong-Rim,Yang Mi-Hee,Lee Min,Kim Dong-Won
. Special Feature :
- Actor Lee Min on <Madame Freedom>
- Kim Jong-won on <Madame Freedom>
- Interview by Art Director Noh In-taek
- Still gallery / Poster / Cast & Crew
. Subtitles : Korean, English
. 4:3 Full Screen | B/W | Dolbi Digital Mono | 124min
<Madame Freedom (Ja-yubu-in)>, the fourth film in the Korean Film Archive’s classical collection, is a film directed by Han Hyeong-mo, who led the popular films of Korea in the 1950s. This film is the most representative film of the ‘50s as well as the greatest box office hit, and brought about the fiercest debate in Korean film history, dealing with the affair of a professor’s wife.
The DVD of <Madame Freedom> includes an introduction of the piece that explores the era when the film was made and the film’s significance in Korean film history, as well as a foreword written by director Han Hyeong-mo. More notably, actor Lee Min, who played the part of Shin Choon-ho, the college student who has an affair with Madame Oh, the wife of a professor, recounts the social and cultural setting of the ‘50s in the 40 minute documentary portion that is added as a special feature to the DVD.
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| The Hand of Fate (Unmyeong-ui son) (1954) |
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. Director : Han Hyung-mo
. Starring : Lee Hyang, Yun In-ja, Joo Sun-tae
. Special Feature :
- Special Documentary
- Kim Jong-won on <The Hand of Fate>
- Interview by Art Director Noh In-taek
- Still gallery / Poster / Cast & Crew
. Subtitles : Korean, English
. 4:3 Full Screen | B/W | Dolbi Digital Mono | 89min
This movie is the second film that Han Hyung-mo produced after debuting as a director with <Breaking the Wall> in 1949. Margaret (Jung-as, played by Yun in-ja), a North Korean spy working as a bar girl at a saloon. Happens to save a working student, Shin Young-chul (played by Lee Hyang), who is being pursued as a thief. Margaret does not know why, but she begins to take an interest in Young-chul and invites him to her house to tend to his wounds and give him something to eat before sending him on his way.
One day, Margaret meets Young-chul on the dock while he is working as a cargo laborer. She shows him kindness by buying him clothes and shoes, and then quietly confesses her heart to him. Afterward, the two become lovers and have a wonderful time together. However, even as all this is happening, Margaret feels torn between her identity as a spy and love for Young-chul.
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| Yangsan Province (Yangsando) (1955) |
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. Director : Kim Ki-young
. Starring : Kim Sam-hwam, Cho Yong-soo, Kim Seung-ho, Park Am
. Special Feature :
- Kim Ki-young on Kim Ki-young (extracted from an interview recorded by KOFA)
- Kim Jong-won on <Yangsan Province>
- Still gallery / Poster / Finding lost cuts / Cast & Crew
. Subtitles : Korean, English
. 4:3 Full Screen | B/W | Dolbi Digital Mono | 90min
<Yangsan Province> (1955) is the second feature length filmod Kim Ki-young. Soo-dong (Jo Yong-soo) and Ok-ran (Kim Sam-hwa) have been promised to each ortherfor marriage since before they were ever born. Moo-Ryomg (Prak Am), the son of Master Kim, returns from Hanyang and begins to want Ok-ran for himself. Ok-ran's mother, who never thought Soo-dong was good enough, uses this opportunity to make plans with Madame Kim to marry her daughter off to Moo-ryong. But Ok-ran's father refuses to let that happen and burns up the silk that comes as a wedding present. One night, Soo-dong is dragged away by Master Kim's servants, who are displeased with the situation, take Ok-ran and Soo-dong to the fields and secretly wed the couple, who then leave the village and escape.
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| Hurrah! For Freedom (Jayumanse) (1946) |
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. Director : Choi In-kyu
. Starring : Jeon Cahng-geun, Yoo Kye-sun, Hwang Ryuh-hee, Kim Seung-ho
. Special Feature :
- Kim Jong-won on <Hurrah! For Freedom>
- Still gallery / Poster / Finding lost cuts / Cast & Crew
. Subtitles : Korean, English
. 4:3 Full Screen | B/W | Dolbi Digital Mono | 51min
<Hurrah! For Freedom> was a feature film made right after the August 15th liberation with the biggest movie stars and most popular director, producers, director of photography, and staff of the Korean film industry of the time. It is a significant film in cinema history, as it was permeated by a clear anti-Japanese message. August 1945, Seoul. Betrayed by Nambu (Dok eun-gi), an informant for the Japanese. Choi Han-joong (Jeon Chang-geun) had been imprisoned for his work in the independence movement. At the beginning of the film, Choi and fellow prisoner Chang-geun break out of the prison, but Chang-geun is shou and killed by the guards. Choi escapes and hides in his comrade's house. Introduced by his comrade, Han-joong then takes refuge in the house if Jye-ja (hwang Ryuh-hee), a nurse at the hospital.
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