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Hangul | 동주 |
Directed by | Lee Joon-ik |
Screenplay by | Shin Yeon-shick |
Starring | Kang Ha-neul |
Music by | Mowg |
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110 minutes |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Box office | US$7.7 million (South Korea) |
Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet (Korea: 동주) is a 2016 South Korean black-and-white biographical period drama film directed by Lee Joon-ik about Yun Dong-ju. It was released in South Korea on February 17, 2016.
This movie follows the life of poet Yun Dong-Ju and his eventual imprisonment by the Japanese government for being involved in the Korean independence movement.
The film was fifth placed on its opening weekend in South Korea, grossing US$1.14 million.