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NAMELESS STARS – Dong-Jin Kim
GREATEST SCORES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
Original Review by Craig Lysy
In 1959, director Kang-Yoon Kim persuaded Asea Films to support a “Chosun Ilbo” (national spirit) film commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Gwangju Student Independence Movement of 3 November 1929. He collaborated with screenwriter Keum-Dong Choi to craft a story that utilized the concept of han in depicting what was a defining moment of national sacrifice. Han is a collective feeling of unresolved grief and injustice, and it frames the students’ patriotic uprising against the brutal and oppressive Japanese occupiers. Jae-Myeong Lee was assigned to oversee production, while Kim also served as director. Remarkably, this was the first and last film he would direct. A fine cast was assembled, including Hae-Nam Hwang as Sang-Hun Kang, Mi-Lyeong Jo as Choi Young-Ae, Nam-Hyeon Choi as Mr. Song, Ok Jeon as Sang-Hun’s mother Seung-I, Bin-Hwa Lee as Mr. Song’s daughter, Myeong-Su Choi as Tae-Min Lee, and Seok-Yang Chu as the Japanese policeman Nakajima. Read more…
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