The Korean Cultural Centre joins all Koreans around the world in recognizing and expressing sincere gratitude for Canadian veterans of the Korean War, especially as we mark the 70th anniversary of the start of the Korean War on June 25th.

To commemorate this anniversary, the KCC is pleased to introduce a special online screening of 5 classic Korean films set in the Korean War, curated by the Korean Film Archive.

The 5 films are: <A Bouquet of Thirty Million People (Shin Kyeong-gyun, 1951)>, <The Marines Who Never Returned (Lee Man-hui, 1963)>, <Rainy Days (Yu Hyun-mok, 1979)>, <Jagko (Im Kwon-Taek, 1980)>, and <North Korean Partisan in South Korea (Chung Ji-young, 1990)>. Among these films, <A Bouquet of Thirty Million People> is the oldest film set in the Korean War, which was uncovered by the Korean Film Archive without audio.

We would like to take this opportunity to once again remember the sacred sacrifice and contribution of Canada’s Korean War Veterans, and in hoping for lasting peace and prosperity on the Korean Peninsula in the days to come.

*Please enjoy the films by clicking on the still-shots below.

About Korean Film Archive

The Korean Film Archive is the film archive founded in 1974. It is a public organization for cultural services under the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in Korea government. The Korean Film Archive’s main duties are to collect, preserve and categorize originals and copies of Korean films, and film-related materials, as well as to foster accessibility to its collections. The Korean Film Archive is located in Seoul and it is composed of auxiliary and restored facilities equipped with an anti-air and photo-related facility for preserving film and other materials, Cinematheque that provides movie screening and current affairs services, and a cinema that illuminates Korean film industry through the exhibition of film related materials.