The Sea Knows

The Sea Knows

Poster for The Sea Knows (1961)
Hangul
Hanja 은 알고 있다
Revised Romanization Hyohaetaneun alko itta
McCune–Reischauer Hyŏnhaet‘anŭn algo itta
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
Edited by O Yeong-geun
Distributed by Korean Art Movies
Release dates
  • November 10, 1961
Running time
117 minutes
Country South Korea
Language Korean

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

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]

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