Yu Gwan-Sun (1959)
• May 21st, 1959 • 1h 42min
Drama, History
Overview
This film is about of the life of the young patriotic martyr Yu Gwan-sun, who fought for the liberation of her country during the Independence Movement in 1919. As the Independence Movement becomes more and more intense among Korean students, the Japanese authorities order schools closed temporarily. Yu Gwan-sun (Do Geum-bong) persuades her neighbors to join the national movement, and continues her aggressive struggle against Japanese rule. An independent campaign at Aunae, a market site, is successful with the passionate participation of many people. She is arrested by the Japanese police for leading the campaign and has to endure horrible tortures. But she never gives up her fight, encouraging her cell mates to participate in the movement. She is finally taken to an underground room by the Japanese police and murdered.
Make sure to check your pop-up blocker!!
Trailer
Similar Movies
A Story of Love and Honor
Released on: 1978-01-27
History, Drama
A story of love and honor that takes place during the mid-nineteenth century during revolutions, as ...
Pancho Barnes
Released on: 1988-10-25
Drama, Adventure
Bored socialite Florence Pancho Barnes decides to learn to fly.
Back to Black
Released on: 2024-04-11
Music, History, Drama
The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through ...
Thomas Müntzer
Released on: 1956-05-16
Drama, History
In 1523, young Thomas Müntzer arrives with his wife Ottilie in the Thuringian village Allstedt to as...
Outlaw King
Released on: 2018-09-06
Action, History, War
Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the ...
Music of the Heart
Released on: 1999-10-29
Drama, Music
Story of a schoolteacher's struggle to teach violin to inner-city Harlem kids.
A Fighting Choice
Released on: 1986-04-12
Adventure, Drama, TV Movie
Bright teenager afflicted with epilepsy sues his parents for the right to have "split brain" surgery...
The Guerilla is a Poet
Released on: 2013-09-18
Documentary, Drama
The tale of an activist’s journey during the turbulent years of Martial Law, until his capture in th...
Kulej. All That Glitters Isn’t Gold
Released on: 2024-10-11
Drama, History
A biopic about Jerzy Kulej, a two-time Olympic champion and one of Poland's greatest fighters. The f...
Terenci: la fabulación infinita
Released on: 2023-09-15
Documentary, History
An account of the life and work of the charismatic Spanish writer Terenci Moix (1942-2003).
Ramanujan
Released on: 2014-07-11
Drama, History
A prodigious Indian mathematician has to overcome poverty and prejudices and make a mark with the he...
Hälfte des Lebens
Released on: 1985-04-18
Romance, History, Drama
This tragic love story relates ten decisive years in the life of the great Romantic poet Friedrich H...
Luz, Câmera, 50 Anos: Dalva e Herivelto, Uma Canção de Amor - O Filme
Released on: 2015-01-15
Romance, Drama, Music
The singer Dalva de Oliveira and the composer Herivelto Martins lived intensely on the stage and in ...
Extraordinary Commissar
Released on: 1970-11-02
War, History
Extraordinary Commissar Pyotr Kobozev arrives in Soviet Turkestan on Lenin's personal order. He will...
Fat Man and Little Boy
Released on: 1989-10-20
Drama, History, War
Assigned to oversee the development of the atomic bomb, Gen. Leslie Groves is a stern military man d...
Chevalier
Released on: 2023-04-20
Music, Drama, History
The illegitimate son of an African slave and a French plantation owner, Joseph Bologne rises to impr...
Rikard Nordraak
Released on: 1945-12-26
History
A film biography of Rikard Nordraak, composer of the Norwegian national anthem.