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Counterattack

A kind of method film sponsored by the Prosecutor's Office of the Government-General of Korea, adapted and directed by Ahn Jong-hwa from the original draft of Ogata (緖方), who served as the chief of the censorship at the Gyeonggi-do Police Department. Geum-ryong Lee, a rubber factory worker, inevitably commits murder and sentences to prison to finance his younger brother's tuition. His wife, Bok Hye-suk, abandons her daughter and leaves her house. Geum-ryong, who is released from prison, goes to find his wife, but his wife is cold. Geum-ryong then goes to visit his younger brother, Lee Gyeong-sun. His younger brother becomes a successful doctor, but he brutally beats his daughter. Geum-ryong and his daughter regret his past and set out on a path without a destination.

Counterattack

NR 1936
Nae-ap

Nae-ap portrays a group of the Kim clan community and their fellow independence fighters in other villages in Andong, Korea at the World War II. The film focuses on the time of their departure in Dec 24th 1910 in order to seek asylum to West Gando, China to organise independence army against Japanese rule, and also views from Lak Kim who remained at home and resisted but lived a life of deep tragedy. She was a family member of the leaving group and also a daughter-in-law of another leading independence fighter. * Nae-ap is the name of a village in Andong, Korea where the Kim clan of Eui-sung established in the late 15th century and has been a clan community since. In Korean, the ’Nae’ is a word for ‘river’ and ‘ap’ means ‘front’. Also the word ’Nae’ has a homonym which means ‘my’.

Nae-ap

NR 2016
A Peaceful Mind Is Not Stillness

After finishing a grueling shoot, Jun-sang heads to Mongolia in search of inner peace and tranquility. The journey to the desert is not easy, and Jun-sang struggles to figure out where he is going and which direction is the right one on the many roads he encounters. Upon hearing the sudden death of someone he met the day before he came to Mongolia, Jun-sang falls into deep thoughts about life and death. Did Jun-sang find peace when he reached the summit of the windy sand dunes? Boom Boom Boom, Did I find peace on the bumpy road?

A Peaceful Mind Is Not Stillness

NR 2023