Nakdong River

Nakdong River

Nakdong River

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Nakdong River

1952

0h 45m

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Overview

After graduating from university, Il-ryeong goes back to his hometown, a small village beside the Nakdong River. Ok-nam is his lover and a teacher in his hometown. He cooperates with her in order to enlighten the people and to improve the village. Nakdong River is, along with The Street of Sun (1952) and A Bouquet of Thirty Million People (1951), one of the important films made during the Korean War that the Korean Film Archive has rediscovered and made available to the public.

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이택균

Park Il-ryeong

이택균

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변기종

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Choe Ji-ae

Baek Ok-nam

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Jo Yong-ja

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