
Hong-sik Kang
Directing
Known For

Stalwart soldiers of the Japanese Empire – Japanese and Korean alike – stand in defense of a military outpost threatened by "bandits."
Suicide Troops of the Watchtower

A whaling vessel hunts its quarry on the open sea while its crew undergoes many hardships. During the course of their journey, they dream of their wives and families and pray for the chance to provide for the loved ones and nation.
A Fish Tale

To resolve the conflict between the Korean and Manchu border villages, the Korean protagonist sets fire to the Korean village and forces the Koreans and Manchus to put out the fire together.
Miles Away from Happiness

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When the Sun Rises

A screen adaptation of the novel by North Korean writer Yong Song. On the anti-Japanese partisan struggle of the Korean partisans in the 1930s.
Mt. Baekdu can be seen everywhere

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Jang-han-mong

About the last days of the government of Syngman Rhee, about the struggle against his regime of Seoul students.
Prelude to the struggle

About a courageous and selfless girl-young doctor Hee Yong, who postponed the wedding, without even saying goodbye to her beloved, left to fight the epidemic in one of the remote mountainous regions.
Cherished

Two heroes (played by actors Gi-tak Jeong and Hong-sik Kang) are in love with the daughter of the king of bandits. In the end, the two fight in a duel
The Captain of Bandits

About the struggle of the National Liberation Army of Korea against South Korean mercenaries, about the military operations of the People's Army scouts behind enemy lines.
Red Flare

The main character of the film, Man-sik Kim, is a fighter of the Korean People's Army. Through his bravery and resourcefulness in battle, he crushed the enemy's air superiority and dealt a crushing blow to the enemy.
The Combat Unit of a Fighter Plane

The Lysynmanovites planned to kill Lee Min Se, a prominent scientist living in North Korea, in order to take possession of his discovery. To this end, they sent Park Dong Gyun to Pyongyang. After getting a close look at life in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Park Dong-gyun couldn't go through with the crime and decided to tell the Korean counterintelligence folks everything. With his help, a gang of seasoned saboteurs was exposed and caught.
The Unending Battle

Shortly before the start of the Korean War, the two Koreas fought small-scale battles on the 38th parallel. This film is a reconstruction of one of these battles.
Guardians of the Post

This was the first feature film to be produced after the liberation of North Korea. It gives a pictures of boundless joy and emotion of the Korean people who are now liberated from the colonial yoke of Japanese imperialism thanks to the glorious anti-Japanese struggle organized and led by the great leader Comrade Kim Il-Sung. Unable to endure the insult of the landlord, Gwan Pil gives vent to his rage. Because of this, the Japanese imperialists deprive him of his tenant land and put him in jail where he gains class consciousness under the influence of a KPA operative.