Yoon Yong-gyu
Yoon Yong-gyu | |
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| Born | 1913 |
| Nationality | Korean |
| Occupation | Film director |
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Yoon Yong-gyu (Korean: 윤용규; Hanja: 尹龍奎;[1] born 1913), also known as Yun Yong-kyu, was a Korean film director. He made his first film A Hometown in Heart (1949) in South Korea before defecting to the North to pursue his filmmaking career.[2]
Biography[edit]
Yoon was born in 1913 in Daegu, Korea, Empire of Japan.[3][1] He defected to North Korea before the outbreak of the 1950–1953 Korean War, and worked as director of North Korea's National Film Studio (국립영화촬영소) in 1952.[1]
The classic A Hometown in Heart, released on DVD in 2011 by the Korean Federation of Film Archives and on Blu-ray in 2023 by Blue Kino,[4] was one of the most important films made in Korea after its liberation from Japan. Based on Ham Se Deok's play Tongseung (A Little Monk),[5][6] it tells the story of Do-seong, a child monk (Yoo Min) who longs for his mother, who has abandoned him. Meanwhile, a childless widow (Choi Eun-hee) takes to the child. Stanley Park remade the film in 2014 as A Hometown in my Heart (내 마음의 고향; Nae maeumui gohyang).[7]
Teen Guerrillas was one of the first North Korean films, shot during the war.
Filmography[edit]
- 1949: A Hometown in Heart (내 마음의 고향; Nae maeumui gohyang)[1]
- 1951: Teen Guerrillas or Boy Partisans (소년 빨찌산; Sonyeon ppaljjisan)
- 1952: Defenders of the Native Land (향토를 지키는 사람들; Hyangtoreul jikineun saramdeul)[1]
- 1954: The Miss of Guerrillas or Partisan Girl (빨치산 처녀; Ppalchisan cheonyeo)
- 1955: The Newlyweds (신혼 부부; Sinhon bubu) (codirected by Dong-in Joo)[1]
- 1957: Village People (오란청; Orangcheong)
- 1958: Suribong (수리봉) (codirected by Youngseob Joo)
- 1959: Legend of Chunhyang (춘향전; Chunhyangjeon)[1]
- 1960: Nyeoseong yeong-ung gwangbu (여성 영웅 광부)
- 1960: Dangyeol-ui norae (당열의 노래)
- 1972: Ab yeon gong deul (codirected by Deok Kyu Kim)
- 1980: The Tale of Chun Hyang (춘향전; Chunhyangjeon) (codirected by Won Jun Yu)[1]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f g h 김, 한상. "윤용규". Korean Movie Database. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
- ^ "A Hometown in Heart". YesAsia.
- ^ 이 & 함 2018, p. 11.
- ^ "Yoon Yong-gyu". HanCinema. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
- ^ "A Hometown in Heart". YesAsia. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
- ^ Zur, Dafna. "Landscape of the heart in Homeless Angels and Hometown of the Heart". Taylor & Francis Online. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
- ^ "A Hometown in my Heart". YesAsia. Retrieved May 9, 2024.
Sources[edit]
- 이, 준엽; 함, 충범 (January 2018). "남한과 북한에서 제작된 윤용규 감독 영화에 대한 비교 연구 - (1949), (1951)을 중심으로 -" [A Comparative Study on the Film ofYun Yong-kyu in South and North Korea [A Hometown in Heart] (1949), [The Young Partisan] (1951)]. 한민족문화연구 (in Korean). 63 (63): 7–40. ISSN 1598-9836 – via DBpia.
External links[edit]
- Yoon Yong-gyu @ Letterboxd
- Yoon Yong-gyu @ IMDb
- Teen Guerrillas @ YouTube
- The Tale of Chun Hyang @ Internet Archive