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'''''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 ==

* [[South Korea]]

== External links ==

* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obaltan Obaltan] @ Wikipedia

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