Anarchist from Colony
2017 2h 9m movie Film South Korea

Anarchist from Colony

박열

“The most interesting anarchists ever during Japanese colonial era now fight against the world.”

Synopsis

박열

“The most interesting anarchists ever during Japanese colonial era now fight against the world.”

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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The 2010s South Korea Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Anarchist from Colony premiered. 719 total titles in this decade from South Korea.

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Reception Benchmarks

7.4
TMDB Rating
27
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #416 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (70th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.5 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.

Among South Korea History productions specifically: #17 of 53 (top 32%).

Production Details

Primary Country South Korea
Original Language Korean
Spoken Languages English, Korean, Japanese
Production Companies Plus M Entertainment
Runtime 2h 9m
Release Date June 28, 2017
IMDb tt6903980

Themes & Motifs

  • court
  • independence movement
  • anarchist
  • 1920s
  • korean resistance
  • japanese occupation of korea

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