Arirang geuhu iyagi is a 1930 Korea

Korea

Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...

n film written by and starring Na Woon-gyu

Na Woon-gyu

Na Woon-gyu was a Korean actor, screenwriter and director. He is widely considered the most important filmmaker in early Korean cinema, and possibly Korea's first true movie star...

. It premiered at Dan Sung Sa Theater in downtown Seoul.

Plot summary

In this sequel to Arirang

Arirang (1926 film)

Arirang is a 1926 Korean film. One of the earliest feature films to be made in the country, it is named after the traditional song Arirang, which audiences were said to sing at the conclusion of the film. The silent, black and white film was written and directed by Na Un'gyu , and stars Na Un'gyu,...

 (1926), Choi Yeong-jin, the mentally ill lead character of the first film, returns home from prison to find his father and sister deep in debt. The film ends with Young-jin again being sent to prison for murder.

See also

• Korea under Japanese rule
  Korea under Japanese rule
  Korea was under Japanese rule as part of Japan's 35-year imperialist expansion . Japanese rule ended in 1945 shortly after the Japanese defeat in World War II....
  
  
• List of Korean language films
• Cinema of Korea
  Cinema of Korea
  Korean cinema encompasses the motion picture industries of North and South Korea. As with all aspects of Korean life during the past century, the film industry has often been at the mercy of political events, from the late Joseon dynasty to the Korean War to domestic governmental interference...
  
  
• List of Korea-related topics

External links

• Images from Arirang geuhu iyagi at The Korean Film Archive (KOFA)