After graduating from university, Il-ryeong goes back to his hometown, a small village beside the Nakdong River. Ok-nam is his lover and a teacher in his hometown. He cooperates with her in order to enlighten the people and to improve the village. Nakdong River is, along with The Street of Sun (1952) and A Bouquet of Thirty Million People (1951), one of the important films made during the Korean War that the Korean Film Archive has rediscovered and made available to the public.

Ode to My Father
2014
7.4/10

Pork Chop Hill
1959
6.7/10

Serve the People
2022
6.5/10

The Front Line
2011
7.2/10

Three Wishes
1995
6.2/10

Battle of Jangsari
2019
6.7/10

Men in War
1957
6.6/10

The Battleship Island
2017
7.2/10

Operation Chromite
2016
5.8/10

My Way
2011
7.9/10

Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War
2004
8.0/10

Idol Seungha's R-Rated Film Shooting
2021
6.5/10

The Safety of Objects
2002
6.5/10

Bastard Out of Carolina
1996
7.1/10

The Steel Helmet
1951
7.0/10

Devotion
2022
7.1/10

The Last Princess
2016
6.6/10

Remember
2022
7.6/10

Everyone Is There
2020
8.1/10

The River
1984
6.4/10
The Devil's Deal
2023
6.074/10