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이조잔영(1967) /Traces (Ijojanyeong) (1967)

1967 · 81 min · Korean

A Japanese art teacher in colonial Korea saves an independence fighter from arrest and falls for the court dancer the fighter introduces him to, though her parents were killed by Japanese soldiers and his own father helped put down the March 1st uprising. Conscripted years later, he jumps the troop train to beg her forgiveness and reaches her door only to find it will not open.

DramaRomanceHistory TearjerkerForeign Gem

Why it's free: Free on the Korean Film Archive's own channel; the national archive holds the rights to the restorations it publishes.