Program Note

This propaganda film on the ‘Korea and Japan One’ policy and enlistment from the Japanese colonial era was produced with support from the military. Currently, only about one-fifth of the film is available, and some scenes include musical content. Although not originally planned as a musical film, the lead actor Kim Young-gil was an opera singer known as Enrico Caruso of Asia. Singer Kim Jung-Ku and actress/singer Xiang Lan Li can be seen in the boat scene set in Geum River. (LEE Junhee)

Director

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  • Heo Yeong