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Salangeul chajaseo
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
|name = Salangeul chajaseo (In Search of Love)
|image = SarangEul Chaseo (1928).jpg
|caption = Na Woon-gyu in Salangeul chajaseo (In Search of Love) (1929)
|director = Na Woon-gyu
|producer = Na Woon-gyu
|writer = Na Woon-gyu
|starring = Na Woon-gyu
Lee Geum-ryong
Jeon Ok
Yun Bong-chun
|music =
|cinematography = Lee Chang-yong
|editing = Na Woon-gyu
|distributor = Na Woon-gyu Productions
|released =
|runtime = (1,512 ft)
|country = Korea
|language = Silent film
Korean intertitles
|budget = 3,500 won
| native_name =
}}
'Salangeul chajaseo' ( ) (In Search of Love, or Looking For Love) is a 1929 Korean film written, directed, produced, edited by and starring Na Woon-gyu (1902-1937). The film premiered at the Choseon Theater in April 1929. More than one thousand extras from Na's hometown Hoeryong were employed in the filming of 'Salangeul chajaseo', making the film into a symbolic epic national exodus as a protest against the Japanese occupation of Korea. Originally entitled 'Crossing the Duman River' ( ), the film was banned and censored by the Japanese occupying authorities after its first showing. Popular demand caused it to be re-released, though in a heavily edited form, and renamed 'In Search of Love'. As with the vast majority of Korean films of this era, 'Salangeul chajaseo' is a lost film.
Production
The film was shot using 14 35mm films.
Plot summary
The plot concerns three characters who have lost hope in continuing their lives in KoreaKokosu (Lee Geum-ryong), an old man who has lost his farmland; Dong-min (Na Woon-gyu); and Jong-hui (Jeong Ok), who had been betrayed by her boyfriend. Kokosu had been a bugler in the Korean military during the last days of the Korean Empire. Seeking a better life in northeast China, the three are attacked by Chinese "majeok" bandits and the Japanese while attempting the ice-covered Tumen River crossing of the ChinaNorth Korea border . With his last breath, Kokosu blows the army bugle he had carried with him all his life. Dong-min takes the bugle and continues playing it.
See also
*List of Korean-language films
*Cinema of Korea
References
* [http://www.aladdin.co.kr/shop/wproduct.aspx?ISBN=8930308775]
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Literature
(,,1969)
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