Tuesday, March 4, 2014

Korean Movie: Aimless Bullet 오발탄

This movie tied for the number 1 spot in the top 101 Korean Movies.

Genre: Literary Art

Year: 1961

Main Characters:

Choi Mu-Ryong,as Cheol-Ho
Kim Jin-Kyu as Yeong-Ho
Moon Jeong-Suk as the wife
Seo Ae-Ja as the sister
Kim Kye-Jeong
Noh Jae-Shin as the mother

Where to watch: YouTube user KoreanFilm

Plot:

The movie follows the story of Yeong-Ho's family and their struggles. Yeong-Ho is a clerk who lives with his mom, his pregnant wife, sister and brother. His mother was driven to insanity by the war and constantly says "let's go". His wife is pregnant and suffers from malnutrition. His younger brother is an unemployed war veteran. His younger sister is a prostitute to US soldiers.

Yeong-Ho is struggling to support his family on his small salary. He also has a toothache and won't see the dentist. His brother tries to help them by robbing a bank, but he is arrested. His wife dies during childbirth. He leaves the hospital without even seeing her body. He finally gets the bad tooth pulled and he gets in the taxi and says "lets go."

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This movie was in black and white with subtitles.

***This was a good movie. I liked one of the last lines of the film:

"Did God send me out like an aimless bullet with no place to go?"


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