The Sea Knows
1961 South Korean film
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| Hangul | 현해탄은 알고 있다 |
| Hanja | 玄海灘은 알고 있다 |
| Revised Romanization | Hyohaetaneun alko itta |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hyŏnhaet‘anŭn algo itta |
| Directed by | Kim Ki-young[1] |
| Written by | Kim Ki-young |
| Produced by | Kim Ki-young |
| Starring | Kim Wun-ha Gong Midori |
| Cinematography | Choe Ho-jin |
| Edited by | O Yeong-geun |
| Music by | Han Sang-ki |
| Distributed by | Korean Art Movies |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
The Sea Knows (Korean: 현해탄은 알고 있다; RR: Hyeonhaetaneun algoitta) is a 1961 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-young.
Plot
The film is 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.[1]
Cast
- Kim Wun-ha as Aroun[1]
- Gong Midori as Hideko
- Lee Ye-chun as Mori
- Lee Sang-sa as Inoue
- Kim Jin-kyu as Nakamura
- Kim Seok-hun
- Ju Jeung-ryu as Hideko's mother
- Kim Seung-ho
- Park Am
- Park Nou-sik
References
- ^ a b c "The Sea Knows (Hyeonhaetaneun Algo Itda) (1961)". Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Retrieved 2021-07-06. and Hyeon Hae-taneun algo itda (1961) at IMDb
Bibliography
- Kim, Sung-Eun. "Hyonhaetan Knows Everything". The House of Kim Ki-young. Archived from the original on 2004-05-10. Retrieved 2008-01-24.
External links
- The Sea Knows at IMDb
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Films directed by Kim Ki-young
- Box of Death (1955)
- Yangsan Province (1955)
- Touch-Me-Not (1956)
- A Woman's War (1957)
- Twilight Train (1957)
- First Snow (1958)
- Defiance of a Teenager (1959)
- Sad Pastorale (1960)
- The Housemaid (1960)
- The Sea Knows (1961)
- Goryeojang (1963)
- Asphalt (1964)
- A Soldier Speaks After Death (1966)
- Woman (1968)
- Lady Hong (1969)
- Elegy of Ren (1969)
- Woman of Fire (1971)
- Insect Woman (1972)
- Cheju Island Terror (co-director; 1973)
- Transgression (1974)
- Promise of the Flesh (1975)
- Love of Blood Relations (1976)
- Iodo (1977)
- Peasants (1978)
- Killer Butterfly (1978)
- Water Lady (1979)
- Neumi (1980)
- Ban Geum-ryeon (1982)
- Woman of Fire '82 (1982)
- Free Woman (film) (1982)
- Hunting of Fools (1984)
- Beasts of Prey (1985)
- Be a Wicked Woman (1990)
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