| Korea | |
| Director: | Cathal Black |
| Producer: | Darryl Collins |
| Screenplay: | Joe O'Byrne |
| Story: | John McGahern |
| Starring: | Donal Donnelly Andrew Scott Fiona Molony |
| Runtime: | 87 min |
| Country: | Ireland |
| Language: | English |
Korea is a 1995 Irish feature film directed by Cathal Black[1] based on a short story by John McGahern.[2]
The film is about the relationship between father and son, John and Eamon Doyle. Based on a short story by John McGahern, it is set in rural Ireland during the 1950s, a period of mass emigration and social change. Young Irish emigrants, on arriving in America, have been enlisted and sent to fight in the Korean War. One of those emigrants, Luke Moran, dies in Korea and his home village is awash with rumours about the compensation the Moran family received on Luke's death. John Doyle hears the rumours but remains silent. Ben Moran is John's arch-enemy, a feud traced back to the Civil War. Eamon comforts and falls in love with Una Moran.[3]