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조선해협 (1943)
Character: Seki's father
A Japanese-speaking family in occupied Korea deal with the war.
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집 없는 천사 (1941)
Character: Bang Seong-bin
Myeong-ja, a flower vendor in Seoul, and her young brother Yong-pil, are orphans who have been taken in by some very bad people. Yong-pil finds refuge in a private orphanage and Myeong-ja takes her chances with a flower customer.
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살수차 (1935)
Character: N/A
Every morning, after driving his street cleaning car around the city, Seong-chun visits Il-hae's noodle shop. One particular morning, Seong-chun helps Il-hae and his daughter drive away gangsters who were trying to extort money from the business. This earns the honest laborer the gangsters' wrath
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오몽녀 (1937)
Character: N/A
This literary adaptation tells the story of Oh Mong-nyeo, a young woman living with her stepfather in a seaside village. When men in the village attempt to rape her, she escapes by boat with her boyfriend to seek a better life elsewhere.
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도생록 (1938)
Character: N/A
Seong-jae, a maid of Yeong-dal's house, lives with her daughter Soon-i. Her neighboring village, Seok-ju, loves Soon-i. However, as Yeong-dal's scheme makes it difficult to make a living for sewing, Soon-i becomes Yeong-dal's concubine. Sewing, who saved her foundation thanks to her daughter, opened the tavern she had always dreamed of. However, Soon-i leaves a letter without saying a word and she leaves for Pyongyang. After a while, a large sum of 150 won was remitted from her Soon-i. There she became a whore. When Seong-bong learns of her, he takes her Seok-ju and goes to find her. However, the way to pay off her 500 won debt was vague. On a rainy night, Seong-joo robs her pawnshop and gives Seok-joo a bundle of stolen money and collapses. But it was a piece of her newspaper and she felt relieved that she was freed from sin. In front of Se-bong, the happy wedding scene between Seok-ju and Soon-i comes to mind.
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새출발 (1939)
Character: N/A
Young peasant Seong-bo and his wife, unable to bear the poverty, leave for their hometown. After 20 years of hard work, you will be able to enjoy a more leisurely life. They had two sons. The eldest son, Cheol-su, resembled his father and was a hard worker, but his younger son, Cheol-min, was a playboy. Her mother, who was struggling with her younger son, dies, and her family begins to decline. The father leaves a letter to his two sons and sets out on a hopeless journey. The two sons are shocked and weeping, vowing to make a fresh start.
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수선화 (1940)
Character: N/A
The heroine, a girl of marriageable age named Yu, married a thirteen-year-old fiancé, but he died three years later. Twenty years later, Yu adopts a child from a relative named Dong-gil. Dong-gil's siblings, wishing to inherit his legacy, spread rumors that Yu is having an affair with the village teacher.
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국기 아래서 나는 죽으리 (1939)
Character: N/A
Pro-Japanese propaganda film to educate the people in Korea. The old man, convinced that "the expansion of production is the duty of the entire population," faints while alone carrying water to the family's rice field. At the request of the old man to spare no effort to expand production to help the emperor, the women gather together to carry water to the old man's field.
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바다의 빛 (1940)
Character: N/A
A pro-Japanese propaganda film designed to inspire Korean fishermen to cooperate with the occupying regime.
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흙에 열매를 맺는다 (1942)
Character: Kimura
An educational film, created with the support of the Governor General of Colonial Korea to encourage ginseng's cultivation.
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우르러라 창공 (1943)
Character: Antique
A pro-Japanese film showing the bravery of soldiers defending the country and promoting the power of the Japanese Air Force among Korean youth, which teaches students to acquire model aircraft skills to enhance their aviation spirit.
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거경전 (1944)
Character: Managing Director Yodojima
A whaling vessel hunts its quarry on the open sea while its crew undergoes many hardships. During the course of their journey, they dream of their wives and families and pray for the chance to provide for the loved ones and nation.
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고종황제와 의사 안중근 (1959)
Character: Deoksoon Woo
At the end of the Joseon Dynasty, shortly after the Eulsa Treaty has been forced to be concluded by Ito Hirobumi and the pro-Japanese courtiers, Japan pressures King Gojong to step down from the throne. Meanwhile, An Jung-geun, who is cultivating men of ability at Samheung school, is deeply impressed by a speech made by An Chang-ho, and heads for Russia to volunteer the army fighting for independence of the country. As both a lieutenant general of the Korean militia and a commander of the Korean expeditionary force in Manchuria, he carries on the independence movement in defiance of Japanese coercion.
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춘풍 (1935)
Character: N/A
The daughter of the boarding house owner and the boarder fall in love with each other. The more their parents oppose, the deeper their love grows. As the opposition from both families grows stronger, they leave the house in search of happiness.
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병정님 (1944)
Character: Yoshiki's brother
Two Korean conscripts undergo Imperial Japanese Army training, much to the pleasure of their families.
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수우 (1948)
Character: N/A
This is a promotional film for the police, in which an investigator calls on a priest to appoint a lawyer to free innocent Seo Yeon, who is accused of killing her smuggling husband, from custody.
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수업료 (1940)
Character: Postman
A film based on the memoir of a 4th grade student who received the grand prize in a writing contest sponsored by Gyeongseong Daily. A boy, whose parents sell brass spoons on the street while his grandmother is sick in bed, never has money for his tuition. Fortunately, his aunt offers to pay for his tuition and his classmates raising funds for him. To top it all off, his parents return a few days later to promise him that they will pay for his tuition the next time.
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장남 (1984)
Character: N/A
Forced to leave their home because of the construction of a new dam which will flood their village, the eldest son in the family prepares land and money to construct a new house in Seoul for his family. However, he shirks his duty shortly after and leaves overseeing the construction of the house to his younger brother while he goes to live seperately.
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지원병 (1941)
Character: Chang-gi Park
A young man is anguished that Koreans cannot volunteer to join to Japanese Imperial Army.
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무정 (1939)
Character: Hyun-soo Kim
Based on the novel of the same title by Kwang-Soo Lee (Yi Kwang-su), published in 'Maeil Shinbo' in 1917. The plot is based on the relationship of three young people - English teacher Hyeong-sik Lee, dancer Young-chae Park and Hyun-soo Kim, the daughter of a wealthy presbyter. Left an orphan in early childhood, Hyeong-sik was brought up in the house of Master Park. From childhood, Park predicted his daughter Young-chae as Hyeong-sik's wife. Master Park was a patriot, and when the Japanese invaders came to power, he was illegally convicted and imprisoned. His daughter Young-chae became a kisaeng to earn money to send packages to the prison. At this time, Hyeong-sik and Young-chae are moving away from each other, and Hyun-soo appears in the life of Hyeong-sik, whom he fell in love with and is going to marry her.
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반도의 봄 (1941)
Character: I Yeong-il
A young filmmaker and his crew struggle to bring the famous Korean story of Chunghyang to the big screen. Torn between two very different women and facing financial ruin, the director makes a rash and foolish choice in order to realize his dreams.
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