''Farewell to the Duman River'' ( 두만강아 잘 있거라 ''Dumanganga jal itgeola'') is a 1962 South Korean film. Directed by

Im Kwon-taek Im Kwon-taek (born December 8, 1934) is one of South Korea's most renowned film directors. In an active and prolific career, his films have won many domestic and international film festival awards as well as considerable box-office success, and h ...

in his directorial debut, it became a huge hit, establishing his reputation as a director and ensuring him a career in the film industry for the next decade.

Plot

Patriotic university student Youngwoo and his friends, led by their teacher Lee Sung, along with a British friend bid farewell to their families and become freedom fighters in

Manchuria Manchuria is an exonym (derived from the endo demonym " Manchu") for a historical and geographic region in Northeast Asia encompassing the entirety of present-day Northeast China (Inner Manchuria) and parts of the Russian Far East (Outer Manc ...

fighting against the Japanese occupation around the

Tumen River The Tumen River, also known as the Tuman River or Duman River (), is a long river that serves as part of the boundary between China, North Korea and Russia, rising on the slopes of Mount Paektu and flowing into the Sea of Japan. The river has ...

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* Films directed by Im Kwon-taek 1960s Korean-language films South Korean action war films 1960s action war films {{SouthKorea-film-stub