Lee Man-hee's 1963 black-and-white war classic, “The Marines Who Never Returned” emerged as one of his most famous films. Lee himself was a codebreaker during the Korean War, beginning his career in film shortly after. Unclear if he faced the combat frontlines depicted in his movie, he nonetheless shows them with startling clarity and brutality in “Marines.” The title earned some of the earliest Grand Bell Awards, which began in 1962, earning Best Director, Best Sound, and Best Cinematography at the 1964 edition.
The Marines Who Never Returned is screening at Film At Lincoln Center, as part of the Korean Cinema's Golden Decade: The 1960s program
Over the course of nearly two hours, the film traces a group of South Korean marines, outlining the Korean War from its cruelty to the joys derived from camaraderie. We enter during a difficult moment: the squad is quickly losing men in a dangerous position and they stumble upon a girl,...
The Marines Who Never Returned is screening at Film At Lincoln Center, as part of the Korean Cinema's Golden Decade: The 1960s program
Over the course of nearly two hours, the film traces a group of South Korean marines, outlining the Korean War from its cruelty to the joys derived from camaraderie. We enter during a difficult moment: the squad is quickly losing men in a dangerous position and they stumble upon a girl,...
- 8/31/2023
- by Olivia Popp
- AsianMoviePulse
Film at Lincoln Center and Subway Cinema announce “Korean Cinema's Golden Decade: The 1960s,” a sweeping retrospective that features 24 films from this remarkable period in Korean film history. The series will run from September 1–17 and is one of the largest retrospectives ever of 1960s Korean Cinema outside of Korea, including many rarely screened films, several presented on 35mm archival prints.
Long before Bong Joon Ho, Hong Sangsoo, and Park Chan-wook catapulted South Korean cinema onto the world stage, the foundation of their country's film industry formed in the aftermath of the Korean War. The period kickstarted a wealth of eclectic and innovative filmmaking that culminated in the 1960s. Closer inspection of this decade, now widely considered Korea's premier film renaissance, reveals the arrival of seminal works from auteurs such as Kim Ki-young, Shin Sang-ok, Yu Hyun-mok, Kim Soo-yong, and Lee Man-hee, alongside a meteoric rise and reinvention of genres—from...
Long before Bong Joon Ho, Hong Sangsoo, and Park Chan-wook catapulted South Korean cinema onto the world stage, the foundation of their country's film industry formed in the aftermath of the Korean War. The period kickstarted a wealth of eclectic and innovative filmmaking that culminated in the 1960s. Closer inspection of this decade, now widely considered Korea's premier film renaissance, reveals the arrival of seminal works from auteurs such as Kim Ki-young, Shin Sang-ok, Yu Hyun-mok, Kim Soo-yong, and Lee Man-hee, alongside a meteoric rise and reinvention of genres—from...
- 8/17/2023
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
One of the most important Korean filmmakers in the 1960s and 70s, Lee Man-hee established his reputation as a master of genre cinema, at a time the industry had yet to embrace horrors and thrillers, which have since become staples of the local film scene. Born in 1931 as the youngest of eight children, Lee took part in the Korean War as a codebreaker before entering the film industry in 1956, working as an assistant director for filmmakers such as Ahn Jong-hwa, Park Gu and Kim Myeong-je. He debuted as a filmmaker in his own right with “Kaleidoscope” in 1961, which featured the famous actor Kim Seung-ho. His third film, “Call 112” (1962) brought Le commercial success and his next task was to revolutionise Korea’s genre scene, notably with the horror “The Devil’s Stairway” and the film noir ” Black Hair”, both in 1964. Not one to stick to one formula, Lee also made a mark as an artistic filmmaker,...
- 8/19/2022
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
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