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Volunteer

1941

0h 56m

5.5(4 votes)

Drama

Overview

A young man is anguished that Koreans cannot volunteer to join to Japanese Imperial Army.

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13 members

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최운봉

Chun-ho

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문예봉

Bun-ok

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김일해

Chang-gi Park

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Geum-ryong Lee

Changsik Choi

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Bok-jin Kim

Chun-ho's mother

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Young-ok Kim

Young-ae Park

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임운학

Gujang

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Baek-su Lee

postman

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Changjin Kim

Deoksam Kim

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Hwaso Pak

Deoksam's son

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이일선

Prisoner

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Poongho Ahn

Sharecropper

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Seonhee Lee

Chun-ho's sister

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