박열

박열 (2017)

Based on the life of the Korean anarchist Park Yeol, the film shows his struggle to counter the massacre of Koreans by the government during the 1923 great Kanto earthquake, focusing on his activities as the leader of the anti-Japanese organization Bulryeongsa and his relationship with Japanese comrade Fumiko Kaneko.

Data di uscita
2017-06-28
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (35)
Durata
2 h 9 min
Generi
Storia, Dramma
Regista
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Cast

Curiosità

Anarchist from Colony (Korean: 박열) is a 2017 South Korean biographical period comedy film directed by Lee Joon-ik about the life of independence activist Pak Yŏl, with Lee Je-hoon taking on the title role. It premiered in South Korea on June 28, 2017.

Production

Director Lee Joon-ik stated that he first encountered the figure of Park Yeol and became deeply intrigued by him while conducting research for the 2000 film Anarchists, during which he learned about many unsung independence activists.

With a net production budget of 2.6 billion won, Anarchist from Colony (originally titled Park Yeol) is considered a low-budget film. This was a deliberate choice by Director Lee Joon-ik; the story of Park Yeol and Fumiko was not intended to be a visual spectacle, but rather a work that conveyed the sincerity of the individual characters.

Lee Je-hoon was cast as Park Yeol, the film's protagonist and the character for whom the movie is named. Director Lee Joon-ik remarked that "the nervous tension Lee Je-hoon feels as an actor resonates with the fiery passion possessed by Park Yeol." It was Choi Hee-seo who recommended Lee Je-hoon for the role of Park Yeol, noting that "his sharp gaze overlapped with the image of Park Yeol." Choi Hee-seo was cast as Kaneko Fumiko, Park Yeol's comra…

Kim In-woo, a third-generation Korean-Japanese actor, was cast as Mizuno Rentaro, the Home Minister who orchestrates the fabrication of the Korean riot and the Park Yeol incident; several other Japanese actors were also cast. Notably, many members of the Tokyo-based theater troupe "Shinjuku Ryozanpaku" appeared in the film, with the troupe's representative, Kim Su-jin, taking on the role of the judge who sentences Park Yeol and Fumiko to death.

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