Black Republic Explained

Black Republic
Native Name:	Child: yes Hide: no Header: none Hangul: 그들도 우리처럼 Rr: Geudeuldo uricheoreom Mr: Kŭdŭldo urich'ŏrŏm
Director:	Park Kwang-su^[1]
Producer:	Lee Woo-suk
Starring:	Moon Sung-keun Park Joong-hoon
Music:	Kim Soo-chul
Cinematography:	You Young-gil
Editing:	Kim Hyeon
Distributor:	Dong A Exports Co., Ltd.
Runtime:	100 minutes
Country:	South Korea
Language:	Korean
Gross:	$646^[2]

Black Republic is a 1990 South Korean film directed by Park Kwang-su.

Plot

A social drama about a young student activist who hides from the authorities by working in a small mining town.^[1]

Cast

• Moon Sung-keun as Kim Ki-young
• Park Joong-hoon as Lee Seon-cheol
• Shim Hye-jin as Song Young-sook
• Hwang Hae as Shim
• Park Gyu-chae as Lee Sa-jang
• Lee Ill-woong as Jeong
• Yang Jin-yeong as Dae-shik
• Kim Min-hee as Mi-sook
• Kim Kyung-ran as Taek-i's mother
• Cho Ju-mi as Soon-i's mother

Awards

• Blue Dragon Film Awards (1990) Best Film^[3]
• Singapore International Film Festival (1991) Silver Screen Award for Best Asian Feature Film

Bibliography

• Book: Kim, Kyung-hyun. The Remasculinization of Korean Cinema. 2004. Duke University Press. Durham and London. 0-8223-3267-1. 151–160. 5. New Korean Cinema Auteurs: Male Crisis in the Early Films of Park Kwang-su: Black Republic.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Black Republic (Guedeuldo ulicheoleom) (1990). 2021-07-07. Korean Movie Database (KMDb).
2. Web site: Black Republic (1990). Korean Film Council. 2021-07-07.
3. Awards based on Web site: Awards for Keduldo urichurum (1990). 2021-07-07. IMDb.