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'''''Arirang''''' is a 1926 Korean film. This film was directed by Ra Un-Gya and starred Woon-gyu Na in the lead role.<ref>[https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Arirang%20(1926%20film)  Details lost status of film.] Retrieved 08 Sept '17.</ref> This film is about a man's visit to a friend's house in the countryside, where he falls in love with the daughter.<ref>[http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2005/02/11/2005021161014.html  Details prospect of finding the lost film.] Retrieved 08 Sept '17.</ref>
'''''Arirang''''' (아리랑) is a 1926 Korean film. This film was directed by Na Woon-gyu who also starred in the lead role.<ref>[https://www.revolvy.com/main/index.php?s=Arirang%20(1926%20film)  Details lost status of film.] Retrieved 08 Sept '17.</ref>


==Plot==
This film is about Yeong-jin, a young man who has become mentally ill after being imprisoned and tortured by the Japanese, because he protested against their occupation of Korea. He comes back to his family house to live with his father and sister. Yeong-hui, his sister, is raped by O Gi-ho, a pro-Japanese collaborator. Yeong-jin suffers from hallucinations and in blind fury kills O Gi-ho with a sickle. He comes back to his senses, but is taken away by the Japanese police.<ref>[http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2005/02/11/2005021161014.html  Details prospect of finding the lost film.] Retrieved 08 Sept '17.</ref>
==Loss==
The film is known, like many other silent Korean films, to likely be lost permanently in the destruction of the Korean War. ''Arirang'' was also the first Korean feature film and was produced during Japan's invasion of Korea.<ref>[http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20190530000560 Korea Herald article on the film.] Retrieved 11 Jun '19</ref> The film also started the golden age of Korean films.<ref>[https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/Arirang_(1926_film).html Article on ''Arirang''.] Retrieved 11 Jun '19</ref> In 2005, there was a rumor that the film could be found in a recently deceased Japanese film collector's collection, but no further news was heard of these developments.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060204190739/http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200502/200502110014.html An archive of an article that states that the film was rumored to be found in a collection.] Retrieved 11 Jun '19</ref>
The film is known, like many other silent Korean films, to likely be lost permanently in the destruction of the Korean War. ''Arirang'' was also the first Korean feature film and was produced during Japan's invasion of Korea.<ref>[http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20190530000560 Korea Herald article on the film.] Retrieved 11 Jun '19</ref> The film also started the golden age of Korean films.<ref>[https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/Arirang_(1926_film).html Article on ''Arirang''.] Retrieved 11 Jun '19</ref> In 2005, there was a rumor that the film could be found in a recently deceased Japanese film collector's collection, but no further news was heard of these developments.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060204190739/http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200502/200502110014.html An archive of an article that states that the film was rumored to be found in a collection.] Retrieved 11 Jun '19</ref>


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Cover of the film.

Status: Lost

Arirang (아리랑) is a 1926 Korean film. This film was directed by Na Woon-gyu who also starred in the lead role.[1]

Plot

This film is about Yeong-jin, a young man who has become mentally ill after being imprisoned and tortured by the Japanese, because he protested against their occupation of Korea. He comes back to his family house to live with his father and sister. Yeong-hui, his sister, is raped by O Gi-ho, a pro-Japanese collaborator. Yeong-jin suffers from hallucinations and in blind fury kills O Gi-ho with a sickle. He comes back to his senses, but is taken away by the Japanese police.[2]

Loss

The film is known, like many other silent Korean films, to likely be lost permanently in the destruction of the Korean War. Arirang was also the first Korean feature film and was produced during Japan's invasion of Korea.[3] The film also started the golden age of Korean films.[4] In 2005, there was a rumor that the film could be found in a recently deceased Japanese film collector's collection, but no further news was heard of these developments.[5]

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References

  1. ↑ Details lost status of film. Retrieved 08 Sept '17.
  2. ↑ Details prospect of finding the lost film. Retrieved 08 Sept '17.
  3. ↑ Korea Herald article on the film. Retrieved 11 Jun '19
  4. ↑ Article on Arirang. Retrieved 11 Jun '19
  5. ↑ An archive of an article that states that the film was rumored to be found in a collection. Retrieved 11 Jun '19
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