Chang-geun Jeon
Total Credits at Criticker: 2 (Actor), 2 (Director), 3 (Writer)
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August 1945, Seoul. Betrayed by Nambu (Dok Eun-gi), an informant for the Japanese, Choi Han-joong (Jeon Chang-geun) had been inprisoned for his work in the independence movement. At the beginning of the film, Choi and fellow prisoner Chang-geun break out of prison, but Chang-geun is shot 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 hosue of Hye-ja (Hwang Ryuh-hee), a nurse at the hospital.
At the end of the Joseon Dynasty, shortly after the Eulsa Treaty has been forced to be concluded by Ito Hirobumi (Choe Nam-hyeon) and the pro-Japanese courtiers, Japan pressures King Gojong (Kim Seung-ho) 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.
Nakdong River is, along with The Street of Sun (1952) and A Bouquet of Thirty Million People (1951), one of the important films made during the Korean War that the Korean Film Archive has rediscovered and made available to the public.