The most controversial Korean president gets the glossy biopic treatment — propaganda or portrait?
The life of Lee Seung-man, a freedom fighter who struggled to liberate Korea from Japanese rule.
Direction
Shin Sang-ok's polished studio-era craftsmanship
Production
Lavish period recreation of exile-era activism
Director
Shin Sang-ok
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Rhee's actual presidency, this was essentially state-sponsored mythmaking — Shin Sang-ok's most politically complicated commission.
Shin Sang-ok would later be kidnapped by North Korea and forced to make films for Kim Jong-il, making his entire career a bizarre Cold War saga.
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