Ode to My Father
Gukjesijang, feature film, 2014.
DIRECTED BY: Je-kyun Youn
CAST:
Hwang Jeong-mi (Yoon Duk-soo),
Yunjin Kim (Youngja),
Oh Dal-su (Dal-gu),
Jung Jin-young (otac) ,
Jang Young-nam (majka)
SCRIPT:
Park Soo-jin
PHOTOGRAPHY:
Choi Young-hwan
Synopsis:
Through the personal history of the main character the film follows recent history of the Korean state during the last 60 years. As a boy, Yoon Duk-soo, his family and many other inhabitants of Hungham experience evacuation from the city during the Korean War in 1951. Accompanied by the American military troupes they head south to a harbor town called Pusan. During the travels Yoon Duk-soo loses his sister and soon their father sets of to find his lost daughter. Before leaving he asks his son to take his place in watching over the family.
digital, color, 126 min