Based on a true story, renowned Korean poet, Yun Dong-ju, is detained and abused by the Japanese for participating in the Korean Independence Movement.
Cinematography
Black-and-white that makes oppression feel both distant and immediate.
Acting
Kang Ha-neul's eyes hold entire unsung generations.
Direction
Lee Joon-ik restraint: no melodrama, just accumulating grief.
Director
Lee Joon-ik
Kang Ha-neul
Yun Dong-ju
Park Jeong-min
Song Mong-gyu
Kim In-woo
Detective
Choi Hong-il
Dong-ju's Father
Kim Jung-pal
Mong-gyu's Father
Moon Choi
Kumi
Shin Yoon-ju
Lee Yeo-jin
Kim Ooh-jin
Hyochi
Min Jin-woong
Kang Cheo-joong
Park Myung-shin
Mong-gyu's Mother
Lee Sun-ju
Dong-ju's Mother
Choi Jong-ryul
Grandfather
Lee Bit-na
Dong-ju's Sister
Moon Sung-keun
Jung Ji-yong
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kang Ha-neul hand-wrote all poems shown on screen; the director refused body doubles for writing shots.
Dong-ju's 'Counting the Stars at Night' became Korea's most memorized resistance poem, banned until 1945.
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