A Resistance (2019)

Profile

• Movie: A Resistance (English title) / Resistance: Yu Gwan-Sun’s Story (literal title)
• Revised romanization: Hanggeo: Yugwansun Iyagi

• Hangul: 항거:유관순 이야기
• Director: Jo Min-Ho
• Writer: Jo Min-Ho
• Producer: Lee Jung-Jin, Jo Min-Ho, Park Hyun-Tae, Shin Hye-Yeon
• Cinematographer: Choi Sang-Ho
• Release Date: February 27, 2019
• Runtime: 105min.
• Genre: Based on True Story / Biopic / Period-1910 / Prison
• Distributor: Lotte Cultureworks
• Language: Korean
• Country: South Korea

Synopsis

17-year-old Yu Gwan-Sun (Ko Ah-Sung) participates in the Korean independence movement. The country is under the rule of Japan, which annexed the country in 1910. Yu Gwan-Sun is arrested and sent to Seodaemun Prison. There, she is tortured, but she does not yield her will to her oppressors.