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Hong Kil-dong

  • 19861986
  • 1h 48m
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6.7/10
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Hong Kil-dong (1986)
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The illegitimate son of a nobleman defends peasants from greedy rulers, confounds local bandits, and struggles for permission to marry his tasty upper-crust sweetheart despite their vast soc... Read allThe illegitimate son of a nobleman defends peasants from greedy rulers, confounds local bandits, and struggles for permission to marry his tasty upper-crust sweetheart despite their vast societal differences. Then ninjas arrive.The illegitimate son of a nobleman defends peasants from greedy rulers, confounds local bandits, and struggles for permission to marry his tasty upper-crust sweetheart despite their vast societal differences. Then ninjas arrive.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
495
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
98,613
11,711
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    • Directors
      • Kil-in Kim
      • Shin Sang-ok(uncredited)
    • Writer
      • Se Ryun Kim
    • Stars
      • Kye-Sung Chan
      • Son Hui Chang
      • Sun-bu Choe
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    • Directors
      • Kil-in Kim
      • Shin Sang-ok(uncredited)
    • Writer
      • Se Ryun Kim
    • Stars
      • Kye-Sung Chan
      • Son Hui Chang
      • Sun-bu Choe
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    • 5User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Kye-Sung Chan
      Son Hui Chang
      Sun-bu Choe
      Yong Il Hwan
      Yoon-Hong Kim
      Hak-Cheol Lee
      Young-hak Pak
        Gwon Ri
        • Hong kil Dong's father
        Riyonun Ri
        Yong Ho Ri
        • Hong Kil Dong
        Kenpachirô Satsuma
        Kenpachirô Satsuma
        • Directors
          • Kil-in Kim
          • Shin Sang-ok(uncredited)
        • Writer
          • Se Ryun Kim
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        6/10
        North Korean martial arts romp
        HONG KIL DONG is one of the few martial arts movies to come out of North Korea, and might well be the only one for all I know. It's certainly a colourful romp that brings to life a Korean storybook hero who comes across as something of a Korean Robin Hood. Hong Kil Dong is born a bastard, the illegitimate son of a high-ranking official, and he must overcome his humble origins by battling evil foreign ninjas that threaten to invade Korea.

        This is a film that has much in common with the Hong Kong martial arts flicks of the 1970s. It's a period piece in which the forest landscape settings all look great. There are the requisite scenes of intrigue at the court, the training with the old master, and even some cool wirework. The martial arts scenes are fewer than I'd like, but those that do occur are efficient rather than breathtaking. The director doesn't skimp on the bloodshed, either, with this a surprisingly bloody film in places.

        The acting is of a strong standard and the period setting of the film means that it's virtually indistinguishable from, say, a South Korean production exploring the same storyline; propaganda is kept to a minimum, except in the protagonist's heroic efforts to keep foreigners out of his country. HONG KIL DONG as a whole feels like PULGASARI except with a martial artist instead of a monster. It's just a shame that this film, like most North Korean movies, had very limited to no distribution in the West.
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        • Release date
          • 1986 (North Korea)
        • Country of origin
          • North Korea
        • Language
          • Korean
        • Also known as
          • Khon Gil' Don
        • Production companies
          • Hong-Jong Corporation
          • Korea February 8 Film Studio
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        • Runtime
          1 hour 48 minutes
        • Color
          • Color
        • Aspect ratio
          • 1.37 : 1

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