HERO

영웅

By Jk YOUN

EMPHASIS VIDEO ENTERTAINMENT LIMITED - as DISTR Airline, World

Musical - Completed 2022

With a plan to assassinate Ito Hirobumi, Ahn Jung-geun travels to Vladivostock with fellow independence fighters. Eventually the fateful day arrives and after shooting Hirobumi, Ahn is arrested, charged with murder and tried not in a court of Joseon but in that of Japan…

Festivals
& Awards

Korean Film Festival in Australia 2023
    • Year of production
    • 2022
    • Genres
    • Musical, Drama
    • Countries
    • KOREA (South)
    • Languages
    • KOREAN
    • Duration
    • 120 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Jk YOUN
    • Synopsis
    • Ahn Jung-geun (Chung), a Korean Independence Army commander, leaves behind his country, family and mother Cho Maria (Na) with the aim of assassinating Ito Hirobumi, a man at the centre of Japan’s occupation of Korea. Travelling to Vladivostok, Ahn along with long-time comrade Woo Deok-sun (Cho), sniper Jo Do-seon (Bae), young recruit Yu Dong-ha (Lee) and their ally Ma Jin-ju (Park), starts to make plans for the big day. Meanwhile, informant Seol-hee (Kim) gets close to Hirobumi. Learning that the target will head to Harbin, she informs the independence fighters.

      The fateful day of October 26, 1909 arrives. Ahn Jung-geun, who has been yearning for this moment does not hesitate to fire his gun at Hirobumi in Harbin Station. Arrested on site, he is charged with murder and tried not in a court of Joseon but in that of Japan…