Obaltan
Obaltan (Korean: 오발탄), also known as The Aimless Bullet and Stray Bullet, is a 1960 South Korean tragedy film directed by Yu Hyun-mok.
Description
The plot is based on the same titled short novel written by Yi Beomseon.
It has often been called the best Korean movie ever made.
Reception
The government banned Obaltan because of its unremittingly downbeat depiction of life in post-armistice South Korea.
An American consultant to the Korean National Film Production Center saw the film and persuaded the government to release it in Seoul so that it might qualify for entry in the San Francisco International Film Festival.
Director Yu Hyun-mok attended the film's premier in San Francisco in November 1963.
Variety called Obaltan a "remarkable film", and noted that its "[b]rilliantly detailed camera work is matched by probing sympathy and rich characterizations."
See also
External links
- Obaltan @ Wikipedia
