Farewell to the Duman River

Farewell to the Duman River (두만강아 잘 있거라 Dumanganga jal itgeola) is a 1962 South Korean film. Celebrated director Im Kwon-taek's first film, it became a huge hit, establishing his reputation as a director and ensuring him a career in the film industry for the next decade.[1]

Farewell to the Duman River
Poster to Farewell to the Duman River (1962)
Hangul	두만강아 잘 있거라
Hanja	豆滿江아 잘 있거라
Revised Romanization	Dumanganga jal itgeola
McCune–Reischauer	Tuman’gang-a chal itkŏra
Directed by	Im Kwon-taek
Produced by	Choi Kwan-du
Written by	Yu Han-chul
Starring	Kim Seok-hun Park No-shik
Music by	Park Chun-seok
Cinematography	Choi Ho-jin
Edited by	Kim Hui-su
Distributed by	Han-Hong Movies
Release date	February 4, 1962
Running time	96 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

Synopsis

Patriotic university student Youngwoo and his friends, led by their teacher Lee Sung, along with a British friend bid farewell to their families and become freedom fighters in Manchuria fighting against the Japanese occupation around the Tumen River.[1][2]

Notes

1. James, David E.; Kim Kyung-hyun, eds. (2002). Im Kwon-Taek: The Making of a Korean National Cinema. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. p. 26. ISBN 0-8143-2869-5.
2. Dumanganga jal itgeola (1962) at IMDb

Bibliography

• "DUMANGANGA JAL ITGEOLA". The Complete Index to World Film. Retrieved 2007-11-04. External link in |publisher= (help)
• "Farewell Tumen River ( Dumangang-a Jal Itgeora )(1962)". KMDb Korean Movie Database. Archived from the original on 2013-09-18. Retrieved 2007-12-19. External link in |publisher= (help)
• Dumanganga jal itgeola at IMDb
• James, David E.; Kim Kyung-hyun, eds. (2002). Im Kwon-Taek: The Making of a Korean National Cinema. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-2869-5.