Imjaeobtneun naleutbae (1932)

Original title

임자없는 나룻배

Directed by

Na Woon-gyu

Genre

silent film

Country

Korea

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This silent film from 1932 follows a ferry boat without an owner. It tells a story set in Korea under Japanese rule and carries a nationalistic message that censorship soon made impossible.

melancholicpoignantnationalisticserioussomberhistoricalvisually stark

What happens

A Ferry Boat That Has No Owner (Korean: 임자없는 나룻배) is a 1932 Korean film starring Na Woon-gyu. Its title is also translated as "The Ownerless Ferry Boat". The film premiered at Dansungsa theater in downtown Seoul. This was director Lee Gyu-hwan's first film. This film is significant as the last pre-liberation film that was able to present an openly nationalistic message, because of increasing governmental censorship at this time. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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