영웅
In 1909, revolutionary Ahn Jung-geun (Chung Sung-hwa) formed the ‘Danji Alliance’ with his comrades and headed for Harbin. One of their members, information broker Seol-hee (Kim Go-eun), infiltrates deep into the enemy camp and identifies the movements of Itō Hirobumi, Prime Minister of Japan and the mastermind behind Japanese annexation of Korea. Finally, gunshots ring at Harbin Station on 26 October 1909. After his arrest, Ahn Jung-geun is indicted and tried as a criminal under Japanese law rather than a prisoner of war, and his visits with his mother Cho Maria (Na Moon-hee) and the convictions he and his comrades hold are demonstrated through various musical numbers and scenes.
Hero is the screen adaptation of the stage musical of the same name. Rather than exaggerating the mythology of a heroic figure, the film uses music, lyrics, and images to weave a picture of the determination and solidarity of the last year of Ahn Jung-geun's life. It was Korea's first original musical film, and it uses the emotional influence of the musical genre to rearrange the narrative of liberation, opening a different path towards understanding historical memory.
- DIRECTOR: YOUN JK
- WRITER: HAN A-RUM, YOUN JK
- PRODUCER: JEON MIN
- CAST: CHUNG SUNG-HWA, KIM GO-EUN, NA MOON-HEE, CHO CHAE-YUN, BAE JUNG-NAM, LEE HYUN-WOO, PARK JIN-JOO
