Korean movies in 2023 can be described as a mess. The market is sluggish and the outlook is uncertain. The annual box office only increased by 9% compared to the epidemic, returning to 60% of the level in 2019. There was a rumor in the industry"2025 Korean cinema will be extinct".
Source: @看韩影谁承想, at the end of the year, a super dark horse was born, which renewed the life of Korean films. The number of moviegoers exceeded 13 million, and it topped the annual box office champion. is not only the highest-grossing Korean movie after the epidemic, but also rushed to the ninth box office in film history. Douban 88 (open score 9.)0) The word-of-mouth phenomenon exploded, and the nomination swept the Asian Film Awards. Call it"The best Korean movie after "Parasite".
"The Ministers of Nanshan".Team Production,"Asura".Directed by Kim Sung-so. Huang ZhengminZheng YushengLi Xingmin, the three major actors are on the same stage. After "Namsan", South Korea will again"Military coup".The subject matter was adapted into a movie.
Elevator God of War ([gf]2716[gf]) rebel ([gf]2714[gf]).Without further ado, let's talk about -Seoul Spring
Seoul Spring"Seoul Spring" is set in South Korea in late 1979. If you want to know more about the modern history of Korea, we recommend 96 high-scoring Korean dramasThe Fifth Republic。It is well-made, golden sentences are frequent, and textbook-level adaptations are derived"Five Learnings".
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For viewers who don't know the modern history of South Korea, you just need to know - on October 26, 1979, South Korea's **Park Chung-hee was assassinated, ending 18 years of military **. South Koreans think they have survived the political winter and are looking forward to a new atmosphere of democracy in the "Seoul Spring". However, the new wind blowing through Seoul did not come as expected, and the leaderless group created a power vacuum. Careerists in the army who covet power vacancies are ready to move.
The story begins after the assassination of Park Chung-hee. Chief of the Army StaffZheng Xianghao(the prototype is Zheng Shenghe), who was appointed commander of martial law. AsThe number one in the army, directly responsible for the first class, master the appointment and dismissal of personnel.
Commander of SecurityFull bucket light(prototype is Chun Doo-hwan) was appointed as the head of the Joint Investigation Headquarters. Responsible for investigating the assassination and mastering the intelligence work of the entire country.
Quan Douguang's other identity is a secret small group of the army"One heart will".Chieftain. In order to expand his power, he pretended to investigate and unscrupulously installed cronies to eradicate dissidents. The army was full of members of the Synonium Society, and the ambitions of rebellion were well known.
In order to counterbalance Quan Douguang's ambitions, Chief Zheng was promotedLee Tae-sin(The prototype is Zhang Taiwan) is the commander of the capital garrison. Although Lee Tae-chen is an old-fashioned person, his sense of responsibility is incomparable, and he is even more disdainful of politics, and can be called a model soldier.
Seeing that Quan Douguang was becoming more and more rampant, President Zheng simply suppressed it openly and delegated the members of the Yixin Association. The desperate Quan Douguang and minions simply didn't do anything and decided to fight to the death. Kidnapped the commander-in-chief and seized control of the army.
December 12, 1979. The rebel army represented by Quan Dooguang struck first, forcibly kidnapped Chief Zheng, and ordered foreign troops to attack Seoul. The repression army represented by Lee Tae-sin fought-for-tat, gather the elite under his command to suppress the rebels, and defend the country loyally. The rebel army vs the suppression army, and the civil war is on the verge of breaking out. The Double 12 coup swept in, and the history of the Seoul Spring ...... rewritten
"Seoul Spring" is undoubtedly what Koreans do best"Political thriller leitmotif".。The film does not consume "military mutiny" gimmicks, and shows the game of thrones with violence, curiosity and conspiracy theories. On the contrary, it outlines the outline of history in a panoramic way from a calm and restrained perspective and in the form of an almost flowing account: it restores the background and game of various forces before and after the Double 12 coup; How the forces of the two armies held meetings and mobilized, how to dispatch troops, how to meet and dismantle moves, and how to play psychological games ......
9 hours of coup d'état, condensed into 2 hours of film. The rhythm is tight, with ups and downs, and at the same time it is easy to understand and has no threshold. Even if there is no national hatred and family hatred at the same frequency, you can still experience the emotional appeal of the coming rain by the realistic tension of the combination of history and art.
Seoul Spring's ambitions don't stop at recreating history, butCharacter-buildingThe plot of the film is strictly based on historical facts, and the characters' personalities are added to the director's imagination. The factional struggle between good and evil, dozens of characters are sung by you, and we appear. The intertwined relationships and behavioral motivations of the characters depict the confusion and choices of the characters involved in the torrent of historyMutiny or repression, resistance or surrender, profit or faith ......
The most charismatic character in the photo of "Seoul Spring" is the one who will take a group photoGood and evilDecent and repressive Li Taichen, a loyal and good general in the style of Yue Fei. He was frank and straightforward, traditional and old-fashioned, dedicated to his cause, and respectful of politics. Before the coup d'état, instead of working overtime and socializing, I would prefer my wife and children to have a hot kangUncle Sunshine
But when the coup d'état happened, he turned into an iron-blooded warrior. The soldiers rushed to the battlefield in the lead, and the troops were arrayed. ** In the barrage of cannons, like angry King Kong.
The most touching portrayal is the imminent arrival of rebel reinforcements in Seoul. The suppression army was helpless, and Lee Tae-chen single-handedly stopped the entire convoy with his body. The film not only filmed himNagasaka slope retreats millions of Cao army".Be bold；He is also portrayed walking towards the convoy and silently praying for "car stop".Helpless, unconsciously turning his headPanic
Zheng Yusheng's delicate performance interprets a martyr-like tragic hero. Knowing that there is a price to be paid for sticking to your faith, but still not being shaken by others. As "To Kill a Mockingbird" says:"Courage is not a person with a gun in his hand, but you know you will lose before you do it, but you will still do it, and you will stay the course no matter what. ”
The villain, the rebel army Quan Douguang, Cao Cao's traitor in troubled times. He is a careerist who will stop at nothing in order to gain absolute power. On the bright side, he is shrewd and sleek, and he is both left and right. In order to stand firm, he did not hesitate to bow down to the enemy and make bald jokes.
Behind the scenes, he is insidious and cunning, lawless. Secretly cultivating a cronies of the Yixin Society, and being rampant and domineering to frame loyalty.
Huang Zhengmin's reborn performance interprets a brave and resourceful, traitorous and evil hero; A tyrant who knows how to use greed and cowardice to manipulate people's hearts, and does not hesitate to let innocent citizens block bullets for him. will"Those who steal the hook will be punished, and those who steal the country will be punished".'s domineering is vividly interpreted.
Of course. The film is not only focusedThe success and defeat of the big man, also aimed the cameraSmall characters go with the flowBy the silent majority, the absurdity and child's play on the back side of history are revealedThe so-called earth-shaking coup d'état on Double 12 is actually just a hasty farce. The rebels' elaborate coup d'état was disrupted as soon as they went out. Hearing that the suppression army had mobilized troops, the rebel army hurriedly contacted the seven aunts and eight aunts to block the march.
Most of the so-called rebel armies that have brought disaster to the country and the people are indecisive straw bales. keeps saying that they want to seize power militarily, but whenever there is a stir, they will only complain and throw the blame.
Most of the so-called repression troops who are loyal to the country are cowards who are stubborn and self-serving. He has no experience in dealing with rebellion, and when disaster comes, he will only hide in the basement and pretend to be an ostrich.
The film attempts to warn Korean audiences with the nominal "Seoul Spring".The sinners of history are not only careerists; It's more of those who "can't make a mistake if you don't do it" and "those who know the times can jump back at any time". As they often say, the world is a huge grass platform. And careerists tend to be able to see this and take advantage of it. Although the world is safe, forgetting the war will be dangerous. Only by looking directly at the scars of history can Koreans have a chance to break free from the shackles of humanity and avoid repeating the mistakes of the past.
Continuing the past and opening up the conversation to the end, I will briefly introduce the ending of the protagonist's realistic prototype. In 1980,Zhang Tai plays(Lee Tae-sin in the film) was forced to retire by Chun Doo-hwan. Four months later, Zhang's father died of hunger strike, leaving a sentence"When the country encounters rebellion, how can loyal ministers live because of traitorous ministers? ”。2 years later, Zhang Duzi died mysteriously after his disappearance, and it was rumored that it was Quan Doo-hwan who led the **. In 2010, Zhang Taiwan passed away at the age of 79. Two years later, his wife jumped from a tall building. At this point, Zhang Taiwan's family completely disappeared from history.
Lee Tae-sin vs Jang Tae-sin play 1980,Chun Doo-hwan(Chun Doo-kwang in the film) became the 11th in South Korea as the only **candidate**. In 1988, he was taken over by Lu Taiyu (second-in-command of the rebel army) and gradually disbanded the Yixin Association. In 1996, he was sentenced to death for military rebellion, civil strife, and the crime of attempted superiority, and was pardoned the following year. In 2020, Quan was sentenced to 8 months in prison, suspended for 2 years. The following year, Chun Doo-hwan died at the age of 90.
Quan Douguang vs Quan Douhuan's decent family is ruined, and the villain lives to ninety. The heavy history is inevitably embarrassing:Murder and arson of gold belts, repair bridges and repair roads, and there are no corpses. Fortunately in the midst of misfortune, there was also a "miracle" in the prototype. In the film, Ding Hae-in plays the role of the army commander and secretary generalMajor Wu Zhenhao(The prototype is Gingoro). The rebel army broke through the headquarters, and the defenders fled, only Wu Zhenhao stuck to his post and resisted side by side with the commander. In the end, Wu Zhenhao was shot 6 times and died on the spot at the age of 35.
Oh Jin Ho vs Kim GoroGingoro is just a little-known person in history who has no entries in the encyclopedia. No one knew that his parents died of illness due to the pain of losing their son. No one knew that his wife, Bai Rongyu, cried until she lost her sight after learning of her death, was kicked out of the military apartment, and committed suicide in the temple. No one knows that after Chun Doo-hwan **, the National Assembly proposed to erect a monument to commemorate him, but the army resisted forcefully to save face. Until the release of "Seoul Spring". Korean audiences get to know the unsung heroes who are drowned in history. The biography of him and his wife was republished, and hundreds of spectators spontaneously went to the national cemetery to pay their respects. The Ministry of Defense requested that a bronze bust of him be erected at the Army Non-commissioned Officers School in the hope of warning future generations.
Someone always raises the bar:Korean movies just dare to make them, but nothing can change them. "Seoul Spring" at least proves that movies can really change reality, even if only a little. Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future.. No matter which country, I hope that the more movies like this, the better.