''Geumganghan'' () is a 1931 Korean film written by Lee Chang-Yong. It was directed by and starred
Na Woon-gyu
Na Woon-gyu (; October 27, 1902 – August 9, 1937) was a Korean actor, screenwriter and director. He is widely considered the most important filmmaker in early Korean cinema, and possibly Korea's first true movie star. Since he often wrote, ...
. It premiered at
Dansungsa
Dansungsa () was one of Korea's earliest and most historic movie theaters. It was first established in 1907, during the Korean Empire period, in what is now Jongno 3-ga in Seoul. It was once widely believed to be the oldest movie theater in Korea ...
theater in downtown Seoul.
Plot
The film concerns the playboy son of a rich man. After he gets a village girl pregnant, she commits suicide. The playboy is later murdered by his ex-wife.
References
*
*
External links
Images from ''Geumganghan''a
The Korean Film Archive (KOFA)
See also
*
Korea under Japanese rule
From 1910 to 1945, Korea was ruled by the Empire of Japan under the name ChÅsen (), the Japanese reading of "Joseon".
Japan first took Korea into its sphere of influence during the late 1800s. Both Korea (Joseon) and Japan had been under polic ...
*
List of Korean-language films
This is a partial list of Korean-language films:
0-9
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z
See also
*Contemporary culture of South Korea
* Contemporary culture of North Kore ...
*
Cinema of Korea
The cinema of Korea encompasses the film industries of North Korea and South Korea, as well as the historical film industries of Korea as the kingdom of Joseon and under Korea under Japanese rule, Japanese occupation. While both countries have re ...
1931 films
Pre-1948 Korean films
Korean silent films
Korean black-and-white films
Korean-language films
Films directed by Na Woon-gyu
{{silent-film-stub