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Through the power struggles of elementary school boys, this film stunningly narrates Korea's political dynamics at that time. The film's juxtaposition of domination and submission, friendship and betrayal, infatuation and discouraged ideals translates into a Korean LORD OF THE FLIES. ; A1 v' `4 J6 U+ q' ?# J5 k
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<SYNOPSIS> Our Twisted Hero
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Han Byung-Tae is now an English teacher at an institute for college entrance examinations. His age is around 40. One day he receives an obituary notice of his old teacher Mr. Choe. Now he recollects his memory of his school days 30 years ago at a small city in the countryside. The movie starts with his memory.
* I3 Z9 a0 O9 h8 cAbout 30 years ago, Han’s father was a government official in Seoul. One day his father is transferred to a small city in the countryside. Byung-Tae enters the 5th grade of a primary school there. Byung-Tae wants to demonstrate his superiority as he attended a famous school in Seoul. But it does not work out. Class monitor Um Suk-Dae acts as a tyrant in the class. Um appears higher than Mr. Choe, the teacher in charge of the class. Byung-Tae respects the equality of human beings. So he tries to challenge the authority of Suk-Dae to change the environment of the class. But, Byung-Tae fails and experiences a lot of hardship. Byung-Tae tries to beat Suk-Dae by working hard. That does not work out either.
' l3 u- @ A1 D0 GByung-Tae gives up resistance to Suk-Dae after all. Suk-Dae treats Byung-Tae very well. Byung-Tae becomes a faithful minister to Suk-Dae’s kingdom. In 1960, Mr. Kim Chong-Won is appointed as the new teacher in charge of Byung-Tae’s class. Mr. Kim is young and a man of spirit. Mr. Kim teaches that everyone is created equally, and Honesty, Truth and Courage are the most important to our life. Mr. Kim denies the authority of Suk-Dae in the class. Suk-Dae feels that he can not act as a tyrant any more. Suk-Dae is in agony. Finally, Suk-Dae leaves the school. And Byung-Tae comes back to Seoul as his father is transferred there.
) z( l7 ]' f" C: l4 nByung-Tae is now a middle-aged man and feels like meeting Suk-Dae again at Mr. Choe’s funeral ceremony. Byung-Tae attends the ceremony and he encounters trace of Suk-Dae, and Kim who stirred up a revolution in that class. Kim now has a twisted face. Byung-Tae reconfirms that our twisted hero is here around us just like the hero who was in that classroom 30 years ago. # Y8 x7 T" f6 `6 q& ` p" B! o
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review by Danny Yee; s* D* q' p7 Y' s& g6 k
Q- E, s. Z; N4 e2 v9 _* iWhen Han Pyongt'ae is twelve, his family moves from Seoul to a provincial town and he joins a new elementary school. He finds his class totally under the thumb of Om Sokdae. Sokdae is not a bully but a genuine dictator, a charismatic leader who maintains order as much by cleverness as by force, and who mobilises the class to achieve and against outsiders. For months Pyongt'ae fights his rule, attempting to stage a revolt, refusing to kow-tow, and facing ostracism and harassment as a result. Eventually he gives in and, raised to be Sokdae's right-hand man, comes to enjoy the privileges of power. Then a new teacher arrives and everything falls apart... $ d( z$ [) ^8 m8 h* |/ Q
Our Twisted Hero is clearly an allegory for Korean politics, for the transition from an arguably benevolent but totalitarian regime to an uncertain democracy. It is never didactic or clumsy, however, and it works as a story of a child at school, without any political background. While the setting is Korean, the individual quandary is universal -- the psychological lure of the strongman and the comfort and security he brings. Our Twisted Hero is short -- more a novella than a novel -- but spare and unadorned and focused; as a study in childhood politics it can stand next to Lord of the Flies.
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Date: 20 February 1999
3 L2 H6 K. G2 g3 ~" F. BSummary: School drama with political implications1 b# @* I' o. w- p* I* I
+ i R+ ?3 u& |" ~5 I( b0 A( }This is a Korean film about a boy from Seoul who transfers to a school in a small town. He discovers that his fifth-grade class is dominated by a tyrannous classroom Monitor named Um, and attempts to liberate his fellow students. Unfortunately, he discovers his students are not only oppressed by the Monitor, but they are willing collaborators, and the teachers are willing to turn a blind eye. The film is set against the background of Korean politics, and indicates that this is the method by which dictatorship is tolerated by the people. However, the film is powerful enough without that extra level, and could as easily be set in a Western culture as in an Asian.
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