Feb. 28 Chungmuro Express: Classic Korean Cinema presents White Badge (Ha-yanjeonjaeng)
ChungMuRo Express: Classic Korean Cinema presents White Badge (Ha-yanjeonjaeng)
Thursday, February 28, 6:30pm
Directed by JEONG Ji-Young, Total Running Time: 124min
Film Curator: Ms. Hyun-Ock Im
ImaginAsian Theatre (239 E. 59th St., New York, NY, Tel: 212-371-6682)
Free Admission: RSVP at 212-759-9550
Novelist Han Ki-ju (AHN Sung-ki) is separated from his wife and lives a bleak life. Han begins publishing a serial novel about the Vietnam War in a monthly current events magazine, and the work stirs up his nightmarish memories of Vietnam. Then one day, Han gets an unexpected phone call from Byeon Jin-su (LEE Kyeong-young), a fellow soldier who fought alongside Han in the war. At first, the unit Han and Byeon were assigned to enjoyed several uneventful months with no enemy in sight; however, the peaceful environment changes in time with Han, Byeon, and their fellow soldiers come into increasing contact with the atrocities of war, and become infected by its insanity with each casualty. This film is in Korean with English subtitles.
Film Curator Ms. Hyun-Ock Im will introduce the program and lead a discussion after the screening.