Black Republic

Black Republic
Poster for Black Republic (1990)
Hangul	그들도 우리처럼
Revised Romanization	Geudeuldo uricheoreom
McCune–Reischauer	Kŭdŭldo urich'ŏrŏm
Directed by	Park Kwang-su[1]
Written by	Yun Dae-seong Kim Sung-su Park Kwang-su
Produced by	Lee Woo-suk
Starring	Moon Sung-keun Park Joong-hoon
Cinematography	You Young-gil
Edited by	Kim Hyeon
Music by	Kim Soo-chul
Distributed by	Dong A Exports Co., Ltd.
Release date	November 10, 1990 (1990-11-10)
Running time	100 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	$646[2]

Black Republic (Korean: 그들도 우리처럼; RR: Geudeuldo uricheoreom; lit. They Also Are Like Us) is a 1990 South Korean film directed by Park Kwang-su.

Plot

A social drama about a young student activist who hides from the authorities by working in a small mining town.^[1]

Cast

• Moon Sung-keun as Kim Ki-young
• Park Joong-hoon as Lee Seon-cheol
• Shim Hye-jin as Song Young-sook
• Hwang Hae as Shim
• Park Gyu-chae as Lee Sa-jang
• Lee Ill-woong as Jeong
• Yang Jin-yeong as Dae-shik
• Kim Min-hee as Mi-sook
• Kim Kyung-ran as Taek-i's mother
• Cho Ju-mi as Soon-i's mother

Awards

• Blue Dragon Film Awards (1990) Best Film^[3]
• Singapore International Film Festival (1991) Silver Screen Award for Best Asian Feature Film

References

1. "Black Republic (Guedeuldo ulicheoleom) (1990)". Korean Movie Database (KMDb). Retrieved 2021-07-07.
2. "Black Republic (1990)". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2021-07-07.
3. Awards based on "Awards for Keduldo urichurum (1990)". IMDb. Retrieved 2021-07-07.

Bibliography

• Kim, Kyung-hyun (2004). "5. New Korean Cinema Auteurs: Male Crisis in the Early Films of Park Kwang-su: Black Republic". The Remasculinization of Korean Cinema. Durham and London: Duke University Press. pp. 151–160. ISBN 0-8223-3267-1.

External links

• Black Republic at IMDb