''The Sea Knows'' () is a

1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...

film A film also called a movie, motion picture, moving picture, picture, photoplay or (slang) flick is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, feelings, beauty, or atmosphere ...

directed by

Kim Ki-young Kim Ki-young (October 10, 1919According to official documents, Kim was born in 1919. However, Kim insisted he was actually born in 1922. – February 5, 1998) was a South Korean film director, known for his intensely psychosexual and melodr ...

Plot

The film is a wartime melodrama about Aroun, a Korean living in Japan and conscripted into the army. He endures cruel treatment at the hands of the Japanese soldiers, and objections from the mother of his Japanese girlfriend. The film concludes with a U.S. bombing which kills all the Japanese soldiers, but leaves Aroun alive.

Cast

*Kim Wun-ha as Aroun *Gong Midori as Hideko *Lee Ye-chun as Mori *Lee Sang-sa as Inoue * Kim Jin-kyu as Nakamura *Kim Seok-hun *

Ju Jeung-ryu Ju Jeung-ryu (February 11, 1926 – 1980) was South Korean actress whose fame peaked in the 1950s and 1960s. She starred in about 400 films. Ju was born in Yonghung, Hamkyongnam-do, nowadays in North Korea. While attending Hamnam Girls' High Sc ...

as Hideko's mother *

Kim Seung-ho Kim Seung-ho (July 13, 1917 – December 1, 1968) was a Korean actor. Kim was a star of the 1950s and 1960s and regarded as one of the best actors in Korean film history. Kim started acting at the age of 20, but he took lead roles when he was ov ...

Park Am Park Am (born November 11, 1924 – March 22, 1989) was a South Korean actor. Park was born in Seoul in 1924. He graduated from the college of Dentistry at Seoul National University. Filmography *Note; the whole list is referenced. ' Awards * 1 ...

Park Nou-sik Park Noh-sik (February 4, 1930 – April 3, 1995) was a South Korean actor. Park was born in Suncheon, South Jeolla province, Korea Korea ( ko, 한국, or , ) is a peninsular region in East Asia. Since 1945, it has been divided at o ...

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* 1960s Korean-language films South Korean drama films Films directed by Kim Ki-young {{SouthKorea-film-stub