1920s Korean Movies

Na Woon-gyu plays the role of Nicolai Park, a veteran of the Russian army, who has returned to Korea from European battlefields. Broke, hungry, and unable to find employment, he is taken in as a boarder by Kim Chang-ho. Chang-ho's friend, Cha-duk becomes romantically involved with Hae-ok, who had sold herself to support her parents. Cha-duk's wife, Yeong-ja becomes involved with Nicolai, who rejects her proposal to run away with him. The romantic complications spiral until Yeong-ja kills Cha-duk. The film ends with Nicolai departing for destinations unknown while the other boarders bid him farewell.

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The film concerns a student, Ch'oe Yeongjin, who has become mentally ill after being imprisoned and tortured by the Japanese for his involvement in the March 1, 1919 protest against the Japanese colonial rule.

Wonyong and Yeonsil are in love with each other. The gangster Gyeong-seon also has a crush on Yeon-sil, but one day, a fight breaks out between Won-yong and Gyeong-seon. When Won-yong is in danger, Yeon-sil blocks his body and gets hit by a knife. She walks down the snowy hill, weeping as she embraces the body of Yeon-sil.

The oldest remaining film in Korea sets in the 1920s for enlightenment

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A young man called Field Mouse (Deuljwi) saves a young couple when the woman is forced to marry a rich gangster.

A touching story about how, after a quarrel, the wife leaves home, and the husband is sad, watching the fish in the aquarium.

The film touches on the tragic impact of the traditional marriage system on young people.

The film shows humanity and sincere love, opposed to the old conventions. The story of the mute Samyon, who works for a landowner and is in love with the owner's daughter-in-law.