Blue Swallow (film)
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 Blue Swallow promotional film poster. | |
| Hangul | 청연 |
| Hanja | 靑燕 |
| RR | Cheongyeon |
| MR | Ch'ŏngyŏn |
| Directed by | Yoon Jong-chan |
| Written by | Yoon Jong-chan Lee In-hwa |
| Based on | Life of Park Kyung-won |
| Produced by | Kim Jae-young Yang Guk-seok |
| Starring | Jang Jin-young Kim Joo-hyuk |
| Cinematography | Yoon Hong-sik |
| Edited by | Hahm Sung-won Kim Hyeong-ju |
| Music by | Michael Staudacher |
| Distributed by | Korea Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 133 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Languages | Korean Japanese |
| Budget | ₩9.5 billion |
| Box office | US$3,054,367 |
Blue Swallow (Korean: 청연) is a 2005 South Korean film based on the true story of Park Kyung-won, an early Korean female pilot.[1][2][3][4][5][6] The film became controversial when Park's alleged pro-Japanese activities came to light. It was also found that she was not, as the filmmakers had thought, the first female pilot from Korea; this distinction in fact belonged to Kwon Ki-ok of the Republic of China Air Force.[7] Despite excellent reviews and Park's biographer pointing out factual errors in these accusations, it resulted in the under-performance of Blue Swallow at the box office.[8][9]
- Jang Jin-young ... Park Kyung-won
- Kim Joo-hyuk ... Han Ji-hyeok
- Yu Min ... Masako Kibe
- Han Ji-min ... Lee Jeong-hee
- Tōru Nakamura ... Flight instructor
- Takeo Nakahara ... Foreign Minister
- Kim Tae-hyun ... Kang Se-gi
- Ko Joo-yeon ... Park Kyung-won as a child
- Kim Gi-cheon