The Sea Knows

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The Sea Knows

Poster for The Sea Knows (1961)
Directed by Kim Ki-young[1]
Produced by Kim Ki-young
Written by Kim Ki-Young
Starring Kim Wun-Ha
Gong Midori
Music by Han Sang-ki
Cinematography Choe Ho-jin
Editing by O Yeong-geun
Distributed by Korean Art Movies
Release date(s) November 10, 1961
Running time 117 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean
IMDb profile
Korean name
Hangul 현해탄은 알고 있다
Hanja 玄海灘은 알고 있다

The Sea Knows (현해탄은 알고 있다 - Hyeonhaetaneun algoitta) is a 1961 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-young.

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[edit] Synopsis

A wartime melodrama about Aroun, a Korean living in Japan and conscripted into the army. He endures cruel treatment at the hands of the Japanese soldiers, and objections from the mother of his Japanese girlfriend. The film concludes with a U.S. bombing which kills all the Japanese soldiers, but leaves Aroun alive.[2]

[edit] Cast

  • Kim Wun-Ha... Aroun[3]
  • Gong Midori... Hideko
  • Lee Yea-chun... Mori
  • Lee Sang-sa... Inoue
  • Kim Jin-kyu... Nakamura
  • Kim Seok-hun
  • Ju Jeung-ryu... Hideko's mother
  • Kim Seung-ho
  • Park Am
  • Park Nou-sik

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Infobox data from The Sea Knows ( Hyeonhaetaneun Algo Itda )(1961) (English). KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved on 2008-01-22. and Hyeon Hae-taneun algo itda (1961) at the Internet Movie Database
  2. ^ Synopsis from The Sea Knows ( Hyeonhaetaneun Algo Itda )(1961) (English). KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.
  3. ^ Cast listing based on 현해탄은 알고 있다 - The Sea Knows ( Hyeonhaetaneun Algo Itda ) (1961) (Korean). KMDb Korean Movie Database. Retrieved on 2008-01-22.

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