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Aimless Bullet is a sud coréen film of genre Drama with Kim Jin-kyu
Aimless Bullet (1961)
Obaltan
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Add to a movie listObaltan (Korean: 오발탄), also known as The Aimless Bullet and Stray Bullet, is a 1960 South Korean tragedy film directed by Yu Hyun-mok. The plot is based on the same titled short novel written by Yi Beomseon. It has often been called the best Korean movie ever made.
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The films depicts a man Cheolho, who lives a hard life together with his war veteran younger brother Yeongho, his pregnant wife, and his mother suffering from Posttraumatic stress disorder constantly screaming "Let's get out of here!", due to the aftermath of the Korean War. Cheolho suffers from a toothache but refuses to go to the dentist, despite his brother urging that keeping the toothache is a much worse problem than paying the dentist. Yeongho befriends an actress, Miri. Miri aims to help Yeongho get a job by making him an actor in a film project. While reading his lines for the film's script, Yeongho realizes that his character is being judged for his wounded appearance and he was chosen for the scars he received from the Korean War. Choosing dignity over a rare chance to earn money, Yeongho quits the film. Myeongsuk, Cheolho's sister, is a former nurse who is now a prostitute for American soldiers.Actors
Kim Jin-kyu
(Cheol-ho)
Choi Moo-ryong
(Yeong-ho)
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