Counterattack
1936, Korean. Directed by Ahn Jong-hwa.
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.
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- Korean
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- Released
- 18 February 1936
- Original title
- 역습
- Country
- South Korea
- Written by
- Ahn Jong-hwa
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Counterattack (1936) was directed by Ahn Jong-hwa and stars Geum-ryong Lee, Bok Hye-suk, Kyeong-seon Lee.