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Nongjungjo (1926)

Nongjungjo poster
Original title
농중조
Directed by
Kyu-Seol Lee
Genre
silent film
Country
Korea
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This is a silent Korean film from 1926. It features actor Na Woon-gyu shortly before his major success in Arirang. The story takes place in Korea during the early 20th century.

silenthistoricalrestrainedstarkmelancholiccontemplativeunderstated

What happens

NongJungJo (Korean: 농중조) is a 1926 Korean film. Future writing/directing/acting star Na Woon-gyu appeared in this film just before his breakthrough in Arirang (1926). Kato Kyohei served as director of photography both for this and other well-known Korean movies of the 1920s. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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