Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet

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Movie: Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet
Revised romanization: Dongju
Hangul: 동주
Director: Lee Joon-Ik
Writer: Shin Youn-Shick
Producer: Shin Youn-Shick, Kim Ji-Hyung
Cinematographer: Choi Yong-Jin
Release Date: February 18, 2016
Runtime: 110 min.
Genre: Biopic / Award Winning
Distributor: Megabox Plus M
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki Staff ©

Follows the life of poet Yun Dong-Ju (Dec. 30, 1917 – Feb. 16, 1945). He was eventually imprisoned by the Japanese government for being involved in the Korean independence movement.

Notes

Filming began March 21, 2015 in Goseong, Gangwon Province, South Korea and finished April 25, 2015. The last scene filmed took place at a prison set in Jeonju, South Korea. The scene involved Yun Dong-Ju (Kang Ha-Neul) and Song Mong-Gyu (Park Jung-Min) forced to give their signatures by Japanese detectives.

Cast



Kang Ha-Neul	Park Jung-Min
Yun Dong-Ju	Song Mong-Gyu



Kim In-Woo	Choi Hong-Il	Choi Hee-Seo	Shin Yoon-Joo	Min Jin-Woong
Detective	Dong-Ju's father	Kumi	Lee Yeo-Jin	Kang Cheo-Joong

Additional Cast Members:

Kim Jung-Pal - Song Mong-Gyu's father
Park Myung-Shin - Song Mong-Gyu's mother
Lee Sun-Joo - Yun Dong-Ju's mother
Lee Bit-Na - Yun Dong-Ju's younger sister
Sung Hong-Il - Myung Hee-Jo
Hiromitsu Takeda - Chief Guard
Choi Jong-Ryul - grandfather
Jo Ha-Suk - Colonel Shinji
Jung Joon-Won - Joseon international student 1
Yoon Jung-Il - Joseon international student 2
Moon Sung-Geun - Jung Ji-Yong
Han Chang-Hyun - Yi-Woong
Choi Jung-Hun - Moon Ik-Hwan
Hiroki Yokouchi - Hitaka
Kim Jin-Hyeok - Longjing speech man
Park Tae-San - record clerk

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Awards

2016 (52nd) BaekSang Arts Awards - June 3, 2016
- Grand Prize (Lee Joon-Ik)
- Best New Actor (Park Jung-Min)
* 2016 (37th) Blue Dragon Film Awards - November 25, 2016
- Best New Actor (Park Jung-Min)
- Best Screenplay (Shin Youn-Shick)

Comments

dubu_bacon Mar 21 2021 1:02 am great movie!

Melorrie Mar 07 2019 4:14 am Park jung min ❤

Ssanghwajeom Aug 22 2018 12:53 am ❤️ Kang Ha-Neul

Magdalene Sep 03 2017 1:36 am A story of youths who wanted to stand up against oppression during the Japanese Occupation. What makes this movie touching are the beautiful poems that reflected the deep longings of Dong Ju while living in this difficult period especially when his youth was not over & his dream of becoming a poet seemed inappropriate and death was impending. Love the poem " A night of counting stars". The OST by Kang Ha Neul was beautifully sang.

gane Dec 13 2016 9:17 pm kang haneul oppa fighting <3 *.*

bjk321 Dec 13 2016 9:15 pm amazing film <3 i cried alot, very touching story highly recomendedd

haneulababy Nov 18 2016 10:09 am well...well... well that movie was dope honestly i got all emotional and couldn't get over it i'm still searching and googling about it.. amazing actor(kang ha neul) amazing director amazing music amazing scribt <3 a must see forreal

riri1426 Nov 16 2016 8:35 pm as expected from lee joon ik and kang ha neul ....this movie is suck a work of art... i fell in love with everything in this movie +kang ha neul's acting is daebak in here <3

Mae Oct 28 2016 3:21 am Great film, I really love it. All you guys must watch!

Noah Mar 01 2016 6:06 am Just loved it!! The movie was the true reflection of his poems.

jllieteau Apr 20 2015 8:53 pm Kang Ha Neul can not be stopped! I think that's awesome.

ss Apr 12 2015 1:56 am @n132, it's not his first leading role, just so you know. He was the lead in Mourning Grave and Rebellious. :) He needs to be a lead in dramas. can't wait.

suzan Apr 01 2015 4:26 pm It means he's not doing happy facebook or something with Park Shin Hye? Anything is good! As long as I can see KHN in lead roles! haha Hope he does a drama as a main lead soon!! I watched his dramas and they makes me upset coz he keeps losing the girl T_T

n132 Mar 31 2015 2:15 am Finally... our Kang Ha Neul become the male lead Congratzzz Wish the film became huge success

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