''Patriotic Martyr An Jung-gun'' () is a 1972 South Korean film directed by Joo Dong-jin. It was chosen as Best Film at the

Grand Bell Awards The Grand Bell Awards (), also known as the Daejong Film Awards, is an awards ceremony presented annually by The Motion Pictures Association of Korea for excellence in film in South Korea. The Grand Bell Awards retains prestige as the oldest co ...

Plot

A film biography of

An Jung-geun An Jung-geun (; 2 September 1879 – 26 March 1910) was a Korean independence activist. He is remembered as a martyr in both South and North Korea for his 1909 assassination of the Japanese politician Itō Hirobumi, who had previously served a ...

, a Korean independence activist who assassinated

Itō Hirobumi Kazoku, Prince , born , was a Japanese statesman who served as the first prime minister of Japan from 1885 to 1888, and later from 1892 to 1896, in 1898, and from 1900 to 1901. He was a leading member of the ''genrō'', a group of senior state ...

, the first

Prime Minister of Japan The is the head of government of Japan. The prime minister chairs the Cabinet of Japan and has the ability to select and dismiss its ministers of state. The prime minister also serves as the commander-in-chief of the Japan Self-Defense Force ...

Cast

* Kim Jin-kyu *

Park No-sik Park Noh-sik (; February 4, 1930 – April 3, 1995) was a South Korean actor. Park was born in Suncheon, Zenranan-dō, Korea, Empire of Japan From 1910 to 1945, Korea was ruled by the Empire of Japan under the name Chōsen (), the Japane ...

* Moon Jung-suk * Han Mun-jeong * Choi Nam-Hyun *

Choi Bool-am Choi Bool-am (; born June 15, 1940) is a South Korean retired actor and a professor. Biography Choi was born in the neighborhood of , Dong District, Incheon, Korea, Empire of Japan in 1940. He is of the Haeju Choe clan. Choi was the only son ...

* Lee Dae-yub * Hah Myung-joong * Choe Seong-ho *

Park Am Park Am (born November 11, 1924 – March 22, 1989) was a South Korean actor. Park was born in Seoul in 1924. He graduated from the college of Dentistry at Seoul National University. Filmography *Note; the whole list is referenced. ' Awards * 1 ...

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* 1972 films Best Picture Grand Bell Award winners 1970s Korean-language films South Korean drama films An Jung-geun {{SouthKorea-film-stub