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Anarchist from Colony
SOUTH KOREA · 2017

Anarchist from Colony

Lee Joon-ik
Korean anarchism anti-Japanese resistance Kanto earthquake massacre political activism cross-cultural solidarity
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Synopsis

Based on the life of the Korean anarchist Park Yeol, the film shows his struggle to counter the massacre of Koreans by the government during the 1923 great Kanto earthquake, focusing on his activities as the leader of the anti-Japanese organization Bulryeongsa and his relationship with Japanese comrade Fumiko Kaneko.

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