The Story Of Hong Gil-Dong
Across Asia
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1h 6m
Directed by Dong-heon Shin • Animation • 1967 • 67 minutes
South Korea's first ever animated feature, this epic adventure has been remastered and released for the first time ever in North America! The illegitimate son of a nobleman, banished from his family due to a fake prophecy, Hong Gil-dong witnesses first hand the injustices of society. Along with his sidekick Chadol Bawi, they from a corrupt Magistrate and return the money to the poor.
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