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''General's Son'' () is a 1990 South Korean
crime film Crime film is a film belonging to the crime fiction genre. Films of this genre generally involve various aspects of crime and fiction. Stylistically, the genre may overlap and combine with many other genres, such as Drama (film and television), dr ...
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, ...
. It stars Park Sang-min as Kim Du-han, a gangster who discovers that he is the son of General Kim Jwa-jin. The film is the first in a trilogy, followed by '' General's Son II'' (1991) and '' General's Son III'' (1992). ''General's Son'' was the most highly attended film in South Korea in both 1990 and 1991.


Plot

Kim Du-han lost his mother at the age of eight, and he survives on the streets as a singing beggar. His natural-born fighting skills places him on the mean streets of Jongno with the kisaeng house Umigwan at the center. He is soon recognized for his incredible strength and ability. He finds out through Shin Ma-jeok, the head of a student gang, that he is the son of General Kim Jwa-jin who fought against the Japanese army. Meanwhile, the Yakuzas expand their sphere of influence and try to take over the Jongno streets but Du-han protects the Korean vendors of Jongno and wins their respect. When the head of Wumigwan, Kim Gi-hwan is arrested, Du-han becomes the leader of the Jongno gang.


Cast


Awards

* Grand Bell Awards: Best New Actor (1991)


References


External links

* – full film, Korean with subtitles in multiple languages, by the Korean Film Archive * * General's Son 1990 action films 1990 crime drama films South Korean crime action films South Korean crime drama films South Korean neo-noir films Films about organized crime in Korea Films directed by Im Kwon-taek 1990s Korean-language films 1990s South Korean films Films set in Korea under Japanese rule South Korean films based on actual events {{1990s-SouthKorea-film-stub