Product Details
- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: MVD14358D
- Format: DVD
- UPC: 760137143581
- Street Date: 04/09/24
- PreBook Date: 03/05/24
- Label: Srs Cinema »
- Genre: Anime/Manga
- Run Time: 67 mins
- Number of Discs: 0
- Audio: STEREO
- Year of Production: 1967
- Region Code: 0
- Box Lot:
- Territory: NORTH AMERICA
- Language: Korean
Cast & Crew
- Director: Dong-heon Shin
Product Assets
The Story Of Hong Gil-Dong
South Korea's first ever animated feature, this epic adventure has been remastered and released for the first time ever in North America!
- List Price: $19.95
- Your Price: $19.95
- In Stock: 458
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Adapted from "Hong Gildong Jeon", a classic Korean novel written during the Joseon Dynasty, "The Story of Hong Gil-dong" follows the illegitimate son of a nobleman, banished from his family due to the predictions of a fake prophecy. Out of his home, Hong Gil-dong witnesses first hand the injustices of society. Along with his sidekick Chadol Bawi, the pair steal from a corrupt Magistrate and return the money to the poor. But when the Magistrate brings in more forces, Hong Gil-dong must retreat to the mountains and train under a wise wizard. His sanity is put to the test through strange hallucinations and vigorous training, but years later he emerges to rally the local rebels in an attempt to unseat the corrupt aristocrates. But with the Magistrate having grown even more powerful, will Hong Gil-dong and his band of merry men be able to save his father and all of Korea? South Korea's first ever animated feature, this epic adventure has been remastered and released for the first time ever in North America!
Media
Bonus Materials
- English subtitles
- ”Hong Gil-Dong: The History Behind Korea's Old Fable”
- Trailer
- SRS Trailers
Sales Points
- Remastered and restored, thought lost for years!
- Korean cinema is growing more and more popular!
- Anime style, anime is hot!
- HISTORIC release, South Korea's first ever animated movie, never released in North America or much of the world!
