My Home Village

My Home Village (Korean: 내 고향; Hanja: 내 故鄕; RR: Nae gohyang; MR: Nae kohyang) is a 1949 North Korean propaganda war melodrama film directed by Kang Hong-sik.

Kim Il Sung, the leader of the Korean Communist Party during the fight to liberate Korea from Japanese colonialism, was determined that cinema should play a central role in "ideological guidance" of his newly liberated country and eagerly accepted Soviet funding and technicians to set up the National Film Production Center.

[3] The film opens with a shot of Mount Paektu, the snow-capped volcano which is the holy mountain considered to be the origin of the Korean race, giving emotional basis for Kim's anti-Japanese guerrilla group.

Kim's army liberates Gwan Pil's home village and reunites him with Ok Dan, as he leads the fight to create a new society there.

There is no mention of America's defeat of Japan or of the Soviet invasion; the liberation of Korea is shown as the work of Kim Il Sung's guerrilla fighters alone.

The full film.