Hurrah! For Freedom (aka Viva Freedom) is a 1946 Korean film directed by Choi In-kyu. It was the first film made in the country after achieving independence from Japan. During the country's occupation Choi was only allowed to make Japan-friendly films, but the plot of Hurrah! For Freedom is distinctly different, telling the story of a Korean resistance fighter in 1945.
Myeong-ja, a flower vendor in Seoul, and her young brother Yong-pil, are orphans who have been taken in by some very bad people. Yong-pil finds refuge in a private orphanage and Myeong-ja takes her chances with a flower customer.
The story of the miners who dealt with the cruel master of the quarry.
The main content is the conflict between the rich man Song Chi-ho and the blacksmith Ko Young-nam's family and various incidents between Oh Young-min and the people around him. It also tells the story of other content. Joo Joo-gyu, the son of wealthy Yun Bong-chun, begs his father to send him to study abroad, but his mischievous father is reckless. One night a thief picked it up and found it to be his son. The mischievous father also wakes up and confiscates his fortune and sends his son to study abroad the way he wants.
A rich man from the capital comes to the village, where he seduces young Ok-bon, which he takes with him to Seoul. However, Ok-bon already had a fiancé named Gil-yeon, a young man from the same village who intends to fight for his love.
The story of a man and a woman who fell in love without knowing that they were half-brother and sister.
Bo-shim's father sends her to a rich man to be his concubine. Her lover, Geum-ryong, becomes a Buddhist monk in the hope of forgetting her but with little success
Su-il's life is turned upside down when he learns that his lover Sun-ae is getting married to the wealthy Jun-bae. Embittered, Su-il becomes a loan shark, but when he finds out about Sun-ae's illness, he tries to start over from scratch.
The Big Grave
The film concerns the 3-day rule of Kim Ok-kyun (1851-1894), and his attempt to modernize Korea.
Melodrama concerning a spoiled only son. After his father scolds him for his excessive drinking, he sells the family's only cow for money to leave for Seoul. Finding life difficult on his own in Seoul, he returns, begging forgiveness.
The violinist and the dancer fell in love. However, a man suddenly appears, with whom the dancer leaves, tempted by his wealth. A musician who has lost his beloved looks at life pessimistically and falls into despair.
The story is a melodrama concerning a young woman, played by Yun Bong-choon, who is abused by her stepmother and half-sister. After her stepmother expels her from her home, she stabs her stepmother.
Tae-jun, seeing the beauty of Young-hee, was inflamed with passion for her. However, her brother Young-jin prevented him from approaching the girl. By placing Young-jin in a mental hospital, Tae Joon finally has free access to his sister.
This literary adaptation tells the story of Oh Mong-nyeo, a young woman living with her stepfather in a seaside village. When men in the village attempt to rape her, she escapes by boat with her boyfriend to seek a better life elsewhere.
The film depicts the reality of Joseon at the time through the conflict between the old and the new generation and the ethics between father and son. Park No-in (Yoon Bong-chun) is a boatman who believes in his profession. He intends to pass the ferry he inherited from his ancestors to his son (Lee Geum-ryong). But he doesn't want to be a boatman. When his father's compulsion grows stronger, one night he goes out alone to the riverside, caresses the oar stained by his father's hands, and then abruptly leaves.
Sang-eun comes to Seoul with land papers to raise money for a business. Two malefactors, trying to steal these documents, fight among themselves.
Simple school teachers Koh Young-woo and Choi Il-yeop love each other and do their best to teach the illiterate. However, he is despised by the village elders. Seeing that their will does not waver at all, the village elders understand and cooperate.
An educational film about how a backward impoverished village was able to prosper thanks to the initiative of the village youth who began to grow tobacco.
A young man called Field Mouse (Deuljwi) saves a young couple when the woman is forced to marry a rich gangster.
A touching story about how, after a quarrel, the wife leaves home, and the husband is sad, watching the fish in the aquarium.
The hero leaves Korea. But the village where Korean immigrants live is attacked by Chinese bandits. The hero and his friends want to return to Korea. Japanese police officers fire shots at border trespassers.
The film shows humanity and sincere love, opposed to the old conventions. The story of the mute Samyon, who works for a landowner and is in love with the owner's daughter-in-law.
The freed Yeong-jin falls in love with a girl who loves him. But Yeong-jin goes on a journey, leaving a note to his beloved: "My love is endless expanses".
