Dong Ju: The Portrait of a Poet

동주 ‧ Movie ‧ 2016
Both are beautiful black and while films by director Lee Joon Ik focused on the lives of writers that paint an insightful picture of some aspect of the period they are set in. They are slow-paced, poetic, and create a sort of intellectual or emotional portrait of the historical figure on whose life they are based. They also focus on these writers' important relationships with the other leads, who function as foils and as major characters in their own right.
Recommended by xinya
1. based on true Korean history
2. the movies both show us about fighting for idependence
3. have similar struggles
4. both are under Japanese colony
Recommended by lina huang
Both historical movies played a big part of Korean literature history. How words and letters created. How they preserved and create the whole culture .
Recommended by Chia6
Both movie has to do with words collection, creation, books. It takes years, perseverance, sacrify, for the love of literature. As a result, it changes the history
Recommended by Chia6
Both Korean movies involved art. Poems vs voice (song). Both tell stories. Both captures peoples hearts. Both are true stories
Recommended by Chia6
Both if this Korean movies has to do with Korean letters. Preserved, teaching, spread the literature to future generation. Both are powerful true story
Recommended by Chia6
Set also during the Japan colonial administration, this film describes historical facts, and the sacrifice of Dong Ju, considered a hero of the Korean identity despite the repression of the colonial authorities. In this case, the fight was carried out with poems
Recommended by feno_meno
Both historical movies, based on true stories about resistance and fight for independence during the Japanese occupation in Korea.
Recommended by penel
Kang Ha Neul in both movies he was in jail accused of wrongdoing. He was innocent. Such a good actor. Heartwarming movie. True stories
Recommended by Chia6
Both true Korean movie during Japan war time. Japanese suppression. Both movies has to do with cultural literature revolution. Heartwarming movies
Recommended by Chia6
Both leads are expressing their fight for independence through various literary forms.

Both are set during the Japanese occupation in Korea.

In THoD, the romance is highlight between the leads, but in DJ, the friendship between the leads are much more showed.

Both are sad and based on true stories. (As it is indicated on the tags)
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